Happy Christmas! This week was a slow one. The most interesting thing happening was George Hotz’s final act on Twitter. A cautionary tale for younger developers and people wanting to build a career in tech. I took some time writing about it. But it’s hypocritical of me to not be honest. A couple of times I too had the same reaction when looking at a codebase for the first time. What the hell am I even looking at? Who did this? They were completely out of their depth. I could have done a much better job. Isn’t this a common sentiment shared by many? I believe it is. The only difference between what I have done in the past and George, is that I would keep my thoughts to myself and a couple of other people. George is sharing this with 170k people. Today I know better. If something is bad, it’s because there’s likely a combination of factors making it so. Tight deadlines, unclear requirements, understaffed team. These are just a few probable causes for something to be bad. What was in the realm of direct influence of the developers when it happened? I wasn’t there, so I will never know.
Issue 4
Issue 4
Issue 4
Happy Christmas! This week was a slow one. The most interesting thing happening was George Hotz’s final act on Twitter. A cautionary tale for younger developers and people wanting to build a career in tech. I took some time writing about it. But it’s hypocritical of me to not be honest. A couple of times I too had the same reaction when looking at a codebase for the first time. What the hell am I even looking at? Who did this? They were completely out of their depth. I could have done a much better job. Isn’t this a common sentiment shared by many? I believe it is. The only difference between what I have done in the past and George, is that I would keep my thoughts to myself and a couple of other people. George is sharing this with 170k people. Today I know better. If something is bad, it’s because there’s likely a combination of factors making it so. Tight deadlines, unclear requirements, understaffed team. These are just a few probable causes for something to be bad. What was in the realm of direct influence of the developers when it happened? I wasn’t there, so I will never know.