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"junior devs write bad code" sure but senior devs write bad systems and i can tell you right now which one's easier to fix
turns out the secret to engineering is understanding the long term impact of your actions—that doesn't come with age, it comes with empathy
the great thing about working with people who are new to code is that you've got a chance to save them before the brain poison sets in, stop them from using code as a means to demonstrate knowledge and skill
also they're often nicer to work with, too
also they're often nicer to work with, too
i'm a senior engineer and that means i've been promoted beyond the consequences of my actions and if i am forced to write clear, boring code that i can't write a blog post about i will simply die
muting this as “more of a comment than a question” twitter has found this thread
i'm not saying i regret this thread but i am feeling better about hearing "haha a murder!" "corvid-19" over and over, now i've re-experienced engineers explaining my point back to me in their own words
here are two true things:
1) people who reply to the first tweet in a thread have not read that tweet
2) senior engineers aren't necessarily better than junior ones but they are better at getting paid for it
1) people who reply to the first tweet in a thread have not read that tweet
2) senior engineers aren't necessarily better than junior ones but they are better at getting paid for it
