# It Took Me 20+ Years To Learn This Lesson About Dev

DevFeed: [It Took Me 20+ Years To Learn This Lesson About Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/it-took-me-20-years-to-learn-this-lesson-about-dev-15279.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.fermyon.com/blog/it-took-me-20-years-to-learn>)

Author: Matt Butcher

Published: 2024-05-28T16:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Fermyon - Experience the next wave of cloud computing.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fermyon-experience-the-next-wave-of-cloud-computing.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [advice](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/advice.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [dev](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dev.md>)

## AI overview

The author says they repeatedly made the same mistake during their career and intends to share one piece of advice, but the supplied excerpt does not identify the mistake or the advice.

## Source excerpt

I'm not one to dispense advice often, but having made the same mistake over and over again in my career, I feel like I have one good piece of advice to share.