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Comment author: cousin_it 03 October 2013 03:32:54PM *  2 points [-]

Yeah. I work as a programmer, and it took me a while to learn even if you're smart, double-checking is so much better than guessing, in so many unexpected ways. Another lesson in the same vein is "write down everything".