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There is a shocking amount of ad hominem and focus on the years of experience in this article. Are people actually reading the article? Perhaps surprisingly, it
by darkerside 6y ago
There is a shocking amount of ad hominem and focus on the years of experience in this article. Are people actually reading the article? Perhaps surprisingly, it's really fucking good. I'm absolutely planning to share this with junior devs that I work with.
Author may not realize how much more there is to learn than he already knows, but we all kind of have that problem, just at different scales, am I right? He's doing all the right things, learning the right lessons, and is on track to be senior whether he has that title at work or not.
- neilkakkar 6y agoThank you, darkerside! One meta-goal of the post was to figure out how I can grow further. Are there things on top of your mind which I should be exploring next?
- darkerside 6y agoOne thing I'd expect to see more of in this type of article would be understanding the business domain. It sounds like you understand the value of doing so from your section on leaning what others around you are doing. But I think over time, you'll see that learning those specific business nuances is what separates the promising engineer from the seasoned veteran who hears a business problem and already knows the 4 ways it's been attempted to be solved and why they didn't work. And importantly, still has the optimism to try again in a different way! I recognize every organization is different so YMMV. Rereading my post it may have came off as a bit of a backhanded compliment and wasn't intended as such. Terrific post. I think it will help a lot of people.