# What do you wish you knew when you started in OT?

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**Created:** [October 6, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://www.alliedhelper.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-knew-when-you-started-in-ot/19 "2026-10-06T13:00:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://www.alliedhelper.com/t/what-do-you-wish-you-knew-when-you-started-in-ot/19/1 "2026-10-06T13:00:00Z")

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Whether you’ve been an OT for 6 months or 20 years, what’s one thing you know now that you wish you’d known when you first started?

Could be career advice, something clinical, managing workload, dealing with paperwork, finding your area of practice or anything else.

What would you tell yourself as a new grad?