>> [article] I’ve hugely appreciated the succinct functional syntax of CoffeeScript and believe it’s helped me achieve greater personal productivity over the ye

>> [article] I’ve hugely appreciated the succinct functional syntax of CoffeeScript and believe it’s helped me achieve greater personal productivity over the years. Ends justify the means. This resonates me with multiply teams I've left--irrational exuberance, about technologies like coffeescript / mongodb / etc. Anyone who has played with a functional language / "nosql" / etc on the weekend can experience this euphoria without the toxicity of churn to their company. It's patronizing to people who understand the importance of where things are headed. This is one of the signals that I look for. >> [article] I’ve found it a real struggle to get our team to adopt writing tests. > If you're struggling to judge the engineering culture of a company that you're considering joining, consider this indicative of a poor one. It isn't definitive, but it's something you should ask about and probe further. After reading the article, parent's comment is spot on in multiple dimensions... this article is full of red flags to look for when joining a team. The depressing thing is if you're manager's manager doesn't care... and you're manager doesn't care... and you care, well.. then.. nobody cares.