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As an older dev, I often weep when I see the Pull Requests from the young whippersnappers. They write code faster than I can fix the technical debt.
by skookumchuck 8y ago
As an older dev, I often weep when I see the Pull Requests from the young whippersnappers. They write code faster than I can fix the technical debt.
- parsnips 8y agoWhat's older?
- brlewis 8y agoDon't discourage them from writing lots of code fast. That's a good way to learn. In your mind you need to stack rank the places where they should have done it differently, and just address the most important ones.
- skookumchuck 8y agoI coach the ones that want to learn. Most of 'em, however, will insist that their pigs fly. Only a decade or two of experience will help them. Books on coding technique won't help much, because one needs experience to understand the point those books try to make.