I think I can relate to it personally. I am from that part of the world.

Reply 1988. It’s on Netflix.

No more than 2 years in a same company and always be interview ready. Keep regular contact with recruiters. There’s always a better opportunity.

This is exactly what my friend did. He earns double my salary even though I work in one of those big companies and do more than just development.

Honestly most of the tools suggested in this thread not really needed. The built-in tools and shortcuts can do the job for many but the third-party tools always provide more options in every OS. For example I cannot use Windows for work without notepad++, 7zip, WSL, SSH/SCP tools etc.

Homebrew, Iterm2, Keka, Menumeters/btop, newsboat/Vienna for rss, Keepass, Veracrypt, Sublime.

Learn keyboard shortcuts like

cmd+~ to cycle through different windows of a same appln

cmd+c and cmd+opt+v for cut and paste

cmd+mouse click on a folder opens it in a new tab

cmd+shift+4 for screenshot tool and change the settings to copy the screenshot to clipboard.

Cmd+space - spotlight. Hide folders if you only want it to open apps

One more thing switch doc type to plan text in TextEdit app to use it as Windows Notepad.

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