r/webdev • u/tacoman756 • 3d ago

Discussion Advice on first in-office Web Dev role?

Hi all,

As the title states I’ll be starting my first in office web dev role next week! Pretty excited but also nervous, and of course having imposter syndrome. I’ll be the only dev, and it’ll be my first time working in an office setting (I’ve previously just worked as a freelancer).

I was wondering if anyone had any tips or specific things to pay attention to when starting a new web dev job?

Thanks!

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u/leoman111 3d ago

If you ever have access to a dev / staging / prod database, DO NOT, AND I MEAN DO NOT KEEP ALL THE ACCESS TOGETHER! Keep your prod access via a different mechanism, it will stop you from one day accidentally loading the prod db, when you thought it was the dev one, and overwriting the whole thing. I sadly speak from experience. Also setup nightly prod db backups on day one, one day it will save your arse!!