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14. Handling Failures

Mykyta Chernenko1  
(1)
Oslo, Norway
 

I fail a lot, my assumptions turn out to be wrong, my judgments and predictions may be completely incorrect, my estimates fail, and I produce bugs. It’s the essence of software engineering to try and fail, so there is nothing to be ashamed of.

Curiosity Always Leads to Mistakes

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