The Hustling Engineer

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8 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way from 8 Years as a Software Engineer

8 Lessons They Don’t Teach You in Engineering School

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Hemant Pandey
Oct 19, 2025
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I’ve been a software engineer for 8 years now
And honestly, it feels weird even saying that

Because when I started, I thought eight years in, I’d “have it all figured out”
Instead, I just have a better understanding of how much there’s still to learn.

Most of what shaped me didn’t come from online courses or fancy frameworks.
It came from the messy parts - p…

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