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Hi! I’m Danton, a software engineer who thrives on open-source and Full Stack development!
Currently, I've been working as a software engineer for 5 years, and here's what I've learned so far:

• Be Flexible
  During my internships, I learned a lot about bringing value to the places I belonged, even if it meant that I needed to do activities outside of the usual scope of a Software Engineer, being a teacher taught me a lot about dealing with different kinds of people from all different age groups, to this day I carry these skills with me even outside of work environments, during my second internship I worked with the firefighters and helped them do maintenance on their systems which was used in order to save people lives, there I learned the true power of what we do, we can make businesses profitable and we can also change people's lives for the better with it
  
  
• Be Humble
  Life is full of surprises, you never truly know what will happen tomorrow, so always do your best to live a peaceful life with others around you, don't expect other people to understand you on the first try, be patient! take your time to explain your thoughts, don't hold personal grudges against others, always try to learn new things and accumulate wisdom whenever you can, practice this everyday.
  
  
• Be Passionate
  The secret for me, is to truly be in love with what you do, be it programming, writing, painting, always be passionate about what you do, you don't really need to be passionate about your work, but if you work with what you're passionate about, then the pieces will slowly start to fit together on the greater picture.
  
  
• Be Where you are Valued
  Always, and I mean Always take your time, when looking for new opportunities, Your work is your contribution towards a better society. It’s what you spend most of your day on (even more if you commute), so don't waste your time going to places where your efforts are not valued, there's always a place where your talent is required and appreciated, invest in yourself, the more you value yourself by acquiring knowledge and wisdom, the more others will.
  
  
• Be Stoic
  Studying psychology as a hobby on my free time has taught me a great deal on Stoicism and Philosophy overall. If something can't be fixed, then it may not even be a problem, this has helped me a great deal, especially dealing with constructive feedback on my career, I always felt bad in the past when receiving feedback but in reality, when someone whom you can trust is giving you proper constructive feedback, what it really means is that they want you to succeed, after getting this insight, I was able to switch the lever on my brain, and from that day forwards every session I had regarding feedback I'd always ask for more, and learn from it, never take matters personally, being direct is not something bad.
  
  
• Be Transparent
  If something is not quite right, say it, it's that simple, if you can't handle a project, say it, Have an Idea on how to implement something? say it, wasn't able to work all the necessary hours on a specific day of the week? Say it! your managers are going to be grateful for that, working remotely doesn't necessarily mean that you need a manager to be your babysitter, provide updates regarding your work, the moment you're able to manage yourself you'll see that you'll never have to worry about being micromanaged ever again.
  
  
• Be your own Client
  Value the money you get, are you happy with what you delivered? always put yourself on the perspective of the client, how would you feel if you paid X for someone to develop what you just did? would you be happy about it? After I got this feedback from a mentor it deeply changed my perspective about the work that I did for the better, if you value your clients time and money they will value your efforts, and the quality of the work that you do will skyrocket.
  
  
• Be Yourself
  Trust me when I say this, but there's only one person in the entire world who will be with you to your last breath, and that person is you, so be happy with who you are, with how you feel about yourself, treat yourself good with respect and value yourself, the hardest part about being an adult is paying bills and doing taxes, but the greatest thing is, you're free to choose whatever you want! where you want to live, how you want to do it and especially who you want to be! So be the best version of yourself whenever you can, and never compare yourself to others :)

I'm still young, I'm 24 years old as of today, I still have plenty more to say and plenty more to learn; It's really hard to condense 5 years of knowledge and study into bullet points, but I tried my best to come up with the most important lessons that working with people from all across the globe has taught me.

Never give up on your dreams, it will be worth it on the long run!

Best regards, and thanks for reading!