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I don't think it's so much about practicing outside of work hours, it's more about being mindful about how you're going about what you're doing and evolving it
by overgard 7y ago
I don't think it's so much about practicing outside of work hours, it's more about being mindful about how you're going about what you're doing and evolving it to make more sense. If there's a trait I notice in mediocre developers it's more just that they have no interest in examining their own work habits. Its the guy that always reaches for the menu bar instead of learning keyboard shortcuts, or the guy that refuses to learn anything about functional programming because they want to stick to the basic java they learned in college.
- mm89 7y ago> Its the guy that always reaches for the menu bar instead of learning keyboard shortcuts I think judging someone based on their computer habits like being a command-line guy versus a GUI guy might be a risky thing. I'm a command-line guy through and through, but my newest boss comes from a different background and is very GUI-focused, and I think it would be easy to assume he's mediocre based on his choice of tools and such, but the results are more what matters. That said, he seems like a pretty stubborn guy and I've definitely seen some warning signs on being resistant to change.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoGUIs have had comprehensive keyboard shortcuts starting with the Apple Lisa and improving rapidly from there. Although they may have atrophied a bit in the man-bun Electron era.