Eventually, You Stop Proving Yourself With Code

Source: Dev.to

Insight

Early on, you write code to show how smart you are.
Later, you write code to avoid problems.
You stop chasing:

• clever solutions
• trendy tools
• impressive abstractions

And start valuing:

• predictability
• stability
• boring correctness

That shift is quiet.

But it’s the moment you become a real engineer.

The goal isn’t to impress.

It’s to endure.
— Serguey Asael Shinder