Chapter 1 of the clean coder written by Robert C . Martin covered a number of topic that apply to workers as they enter their professional work environment. The transition between being a student and a being a professional in the work field is a tremendous difference. Responsibility is probably the most significant factor regarding working in a professional environment. Anything that you say, do, or create is directly attached to you, and you should take pride in the things that you do. With this being said it is very important that you stay up to date with things and be sure that your work is something worth sending out for other people to see. In order to stay up to date with the changing times and technology, it requires you to take a good portion of your own time and do further reading and studying in your field. Spending time outside work to further your career is a very good investment of time because it will allow you to increase your skills, while at the same time making yourself a much more marketable employee for future employers who could potentially hire you. Your work should not be faulty to Quality Assurance. What this means is that you should not be known as the person who always has issues when the code is send off to be tested. You want to be known as the person that has the code that is impossible to find problems with.

All in all this was a very good chapter and I really enjoyed the reminder of learning outside of work and being sure to exercise pride and caution in everything that you do.