# Personal reflections on ten mistakes and missed opportunities

DevFeed: [Personal reflections on ten mistakes and missed opportunities](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/17-30375.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mdubakov.com/posts/my-mistakes-so-far>)

Published: 2018-03-30T15:41:51Z

Content type: opinion

Language: ru

Sources: [Blog by Michael Dubakov](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-by-michael-dubakov.md>)

Topics: [Agile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agile.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>)

Tags: [agile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agile.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [tag-d96e238f1419](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tag-d96e238f1419.md>)

## AI overview

The author reflects on ten personal mistakes and missed opportunities, including educational choices, career decisions, failing to rewrite a backend system earlier, neglecting scaled agile processes, and building an excessively large and costly country house. The article presents these experiences as lessons, including a caution against using agile when requirements are clearly defined.

## Source excerpt

Каждый человек о чем-то жалеет. Конечно, многие из совершенных или несовершенных действий невозможно однозначно отнести к ошибкам. Все...