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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What is one thing no told you about programming that you wish you knew earlier?
gpt
Not that you could do much knowing it in advance, no one tells you soft skills are as important as actual programming. Not just for networking and interviews, but for actually doing your job. Very few developers are working with clear and unambiguous requirements written by technical people. Before you can start writing code, you often have to figure out what needs to be done by interrogating people who have no idea what they want over email or during meetings. Asking the right question can sometimes save you hours of work.