# On being an effective developer

DevFeed: [On being an effective developer](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/on-being-an-effective-developer-37706.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/effective-developer/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2018-04-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Frameworks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frameworks.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [articles](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/articles.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [effective](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/effective.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>)

## AI overview

An experienced engineer shares personal advice on becoming more effective as a developer. The article recommends focused study, understanding problems deeply, fixing issues early, improving the development environment, reducing noise, keeping solutions simple, and practicing.

## Source excerpt

Over the years I read several articles on how to be effective, and how the 10x engineer thing is or is not a lie and all that.