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How does a guy like that become senior? As a senior one should know that there is a pragmatic balance lost in trying to aim for perfection.

• IndianAstronaut 11y ago
  He has his strengths. He produces exceptional quality code (albeit a bit on the spaghetti side) and is good at finding problems in code. He is also 63 and has decades of experience.
  • restalis 11y ago
    It's a challenge for me to imagine "exceptional quality code" with "albeit a bit on the spaghetti side". Can you elaborate?
    • IndianAstronaut 11y ago
      It covers a lot of corner cases, it is fast, it is robust, and produces good quality data. Only thing is it is hard to navigate.
      • superplussed 11y ago
        These developer descriptions sound like they are coming from the "Silicon Valley" tv show.
      • Shorel 11y ago
        He can use goto :)
  • gearoidoc 11y ago
    "exceptional quality code (albeit a bit on the spaghetti side)" is an oxymoron.