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> or you don't have the skills to improve the code. Don't have the skills or don't have the time? Predicting, down to the hour, how long every programming tas
by commandlinefan 5y ago
> or you don't have the skills to improve the code.
Don't have the skills or don't have the time? Predicting, down to the hour, how long every programming task will take before you undertake it has been a staple of programming professionally as long as I've been doing it. I have the skills to simplify a codebase to any level you can define, but I can't do it in an hour.
- BurningFrog 5y agoI have programmed professionally since 1984. Never had to predict by the hour, but occasionally by day/week. After I got into the agile/XP world ~15 years ago, there are no deadlines, and if I need to take a day to improve some code, I do. I'm not saying this to brag about my great life, but to tell you there are other kinds of jobs out there. That said, a good number of pro developers do not have the skills to write well factored code. Or the interest, frankly.