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0 pointsjimbokun1d ago0 comments

Humans who have been writing systems like that for many years know how to maintain and modify them successfully. It’s just that our industry has a bias towards youth who don’t think they have anything to learn from those who came before them.

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ttoinou1d ago

How do you explain to a junior this pile of messy code isn’t crap but is actually years of integrated knowledge ? That the most common principles discussed in computer science (OOP, SOLID, DRY etc.) are actually just little guides that aren’t to be taken to the extremes ?

Yokohiii1d ago

It's a dice roll to keep the junior around until he unlearns the wrong bits.

e91d ago

Expert knows when to break the rules

micromacrofoot1d ago

tell them they need to turn a profit as quickly as possible

ttoinou1d ago

Wait if they can do that they’re not juniors anymore :P

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