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They opposed expectations and pressure that you somehow should code at home. They make it like a required condition to be a very good software engineer, which i
by playing_colours 7y ago
They opposed expectations and pressure that you somehow should code at home. They make it like a required condition to be a very good software engineer, which is wrong.
Even if you want to improve yourself professionally, coding is not always the best option for everyone: you can study more the industry, domain you work in, improve your communication skills, build connections, improve your physical and mental states, draw, etc.
- robohoe 7y agoIt definitely sets a bad precedent where a new mind comes onto HN, sees all the articles about side projects, and then realizes that in order to keep up with the rest of the hive mind/career field they too have to grind out extra hours coding something on Github.
- playing_colours 7y agoRight. And it leads right into the abyss of anxiety and lower self-confidence. I can recommend these guys to pick advice from something like The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Subtle_Art_of_Not_Giving_a_F*ck https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Subtle_Art_of_Not_Giving...
- C1sc0cat 7y agoA very good software engineer, is defined by the code they don't write