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You are right on the money -- I had that very quote in mind as I was writing (gotta love the Marx brothers). You're also right about the lack of code reviews. I
by rquantz 16y ago
You are right on the money -- I had that very quote in mind as I was writing (gotta love the Marx brothers). You're also right about the lack of code reviews. I've been able to sneak in a few things that would probably be frowned upon. But there's a limit to how much I can pad my timesheets to hide extra things (though I say this as I've wasted... how much time? ...here today), and the kind of refactoring that would make it possible to add tests to our mix of classic ASP spaghetti with a smattering of C#, webforms, etc., would definitely not go unnoticed.
But I offer excuses. You're totally right about this and it's what I need to do to stay sane while I look elsewhere. It's either that or compulsively read HN whenever I get the chance.
- stonemetal 16y agoI wouldn't pad the time sheet, I would just do it differently. Don't refactor the whole code base to add unit tests. Just try to write new code that is capable of being automatically tested don't worry about hitting 100% just try to get some of your tests automated. No one is expecting you to turn the house in to a lean mean modern development machine. Just trim a little fat here and there. Get a feel for what you are learning about modern development so you can see how it works for you.