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Things That Do Not Matter

Explore how to market yourself as a software engineer without relying on fleeting popularity or social media fame. Understand the value of focusing on long-term personal branding, genuine peer relationships, and consistent professional growth over short-term analytics or broad appeal. This lesson guides you in building a sustainable career path by investing in authentic connections and skills rather than chasing attention.

Appealing to everybody

It does not matter if you don’t seem appealing to everyone.

Short-term optimizations

  • Day of the week and time of day that you post
  • Short term analytics (e.g., weekly traffic)
  • It’s not really that they don’t matter; it’s just that you should be working on more
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