[arayh]

As someone who has spent about 10 years in the software development industry, I have mostly worked with people with either less experience than me or no experience at all. I felt like I wasn't progressing much and the feeling of a stagnation in self-growth became a burden, so I sought a new job where I thought I could learn different methodologies from people who have been in the industry longer than I have.

What I have mostly learned is that everyone has different opinions as to which approaches are best and that engaging in discussions with your peers is an important part of teaching each other different aspects and perspectives of your work.

Learning programming languages and its quirks are generally things you can learn on your own, but there are a lot of little tidbits and good practices you can pick up from peer code review. As my horizon expands from working with different people on different projects, I feel more confident with my work and while coaching others afterward.