- Do not stress too much on programming syntax. You will forget most of it anyways.

- Learn how to code. Not how to code in a language.

- Be a good debugger.

- Your code is always buggy, don't forget to test your code.

- Learn from your mistakes.

- There are no shortcuts. Practice x 1000.

- Learn the shortcuts of your IDE. Learning curve might be high, but once it becomes muscle memory, your productivity will be better.

- Read code. Understand what it does.

- Don't follow the crowd blindly.

- Change is always constant. Don't get too attached to your tools or languages.

Let me know if it was helpful.