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by throw1234651234 1829 days ago
1y. Learn to type really, really well. Do code problems. Focus on the fundamentals. Learn git. Learn a FE framework and a backend tool very well. Slowly progress into harder problems.

5y, scratch that - 2y. Too late. Consider this the two year mark - learn architectural patterns, learn DB stuff decently, learn a couple more languages/tools/frameworks.

5y get promoted to senior sometime before this, get K8S/Cloud certs.

10y director of IT, etc

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10y director of IT, etc

Unless you're at a very small company, this is essentially giving up all the dev work and moving in to a different career entirely. Make sure that's definitely what you want to do before taking the leap across to management. Some people (eg me) really don't like it, aren't particularly good at it, and realise it was a mistake before going back to a dev role.

15y CEO , etc