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by kyoob 1188 days ago
I built automated tests and frameworks. You can get pretty far in a career in test automation while still learning and getting better because people perceive the code as important but the whole company doesn't (usually) fall apart if you mess something up in your code.

More important, in my experience, is to find someone tough but super knowledgeable to review your code. Try to anticipate what kind of notes you'll get if open you a PR with your code as it is, and then fix that stuff before you open the PR. Write a checklist of stuff that keeps getting picked on by better coders than yourself, print out the list, and tape it to your office wall.