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+1 For the juniors on my team, the next question I always ask after the answer "it's best practice" is always "why is it best practice?" It's fundamentally im
by minimaul 6y ago
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For the juniors on my team, the next question I always ask after the answer "it's best practice" is always "why is it best practice?"
It's fundamentally important to understand why something is best practice, so that you know when it is not the best course of action.
- Netcob 6y agoSeniors can make the same mistake - I had one literally senior colleague argue that he's been coding for decades longer than I have (I was only coding for ~15 years at the time) and that I should just do as he says, but would not tell me why, or how that applied to the situation.
- minimaul 6y agoDefinitely. I even had the previous lead developer at $work love to say that things were best practice without really giving much justification - it's fuelled my quest for 'why?' a great deal :)