Developers, Why Moving Fast Is Actually Making You a Slower Developer

You finished the ticket faster than anyone expected. You shipped it. You moved on. And for a moment, it felt like proof — proof that you're good at this. Then, three days later, someone opens a bug report. Then another. Then a senior engineer has to pause their work to untangle something you wired together in a rush. And the silent cost of that moment — the trust, the time, the rework — never shows up on your PR. Here's the thing no one told you early enough: Speed is the most seductive trap in software engineering. And the faster you move, the harder it is to see it. They don't teach the real world in bootcamps. Get 25 years of production-grade experience on my YouTube: 🛠️👉 https://www.youtube.com/@lessonsfromproduction The Comfortable Lie Every incentive in this industry points you toward speed. Velocity metrics. Sprint points. "Move fast and break things." The entire culture is optimised to make you feel like the faster you ship, the more valuable you are. And when you're early in y