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Writing Maintainable Code Considered Harmful
- aggieben 18y agoThis is awesome. My mind replaced XYZ and ABC with names I know. And... Normally, I can't bear to read such poor English, but this time it was just the perfect touch.
- edw519 18y agoDon't blame ABC. Blame the company. 1. The product is software, yet there appear to be no standards for source code. Imagine that happening in autos or pharmeceuticals. 2. Even if there were standards, how could they be enforced without code reviews? 3. Five years to market? The plug needed to be pulled four years ago.
- ajross 18y agoThe conclusion doesn't match the story. XYZ wasn't hurt because he wrote maintainable code, but because ABC didn't. XYZ's problem was that he/she wasn't able to maintain poor code. Believe it or not, folks, that's an important skill, and something employers in the corporate/IT world pay big money for. XYZ doesn't have it. ABC may or may not, it's not clear. But the moral here isn't that the market doesn't value good software. It's that the market places more value on the ability to make bad software work. Well, duh.
- eugenejen 18y agoAny good developer should just work for him/herself. In reality, the good one will go to start his/her company but street sweeping.