When it comes to salary, I think people can sometimes underestimate looking into other benefits where you can maximize like your 401lk matching and even some other benefits one could negotiate for that doesn't have to be financial. But yeah I agree that salary negotiation is if not the single biggest financial decision one could make when they're starting their job.

I'm curious tho, how would you log something when you're setting up dev environment? Like would you take notes on what worked for you and then look at the docs to see what needs to be updated? I am sorry if this sounded really obvious but I'm just trying to keep that in mind when I'm in that situation.

Edit: One other thing, I kinda want to hear how you make friends at work in a corporate environment? Just a little worried cause its different than what it was in my undergrad and have to be a little more careful I guess from what I heard.

I think unit tests are something I struggle with a lot due to not having the habit to write them down. Thank you though! The SOLID principles haven't stumbled upon them in my undergrad lol well time to hit the books again on unit testing xD

Thank you for detailed tips in you comment! Sorry I am not really active on this instance, this is really helpful again thank you for that!