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> is a good way to discuss coding style. Is scheduling every single person in the company to have a discussion about... coding style solve any particular prob
by vkou 4y ago
> is a good way to discuss coding style.
Is scheduling every single person in the company to have a discussion about... coding style solve any particular problem Twitter has?
This reeks of 'I am the new owner, I need to do something, this is something, everyone will now be doing it.'
- yetihehe 4y agoIt helps to weed out total slackers, of which there could be non-negligible percent. If you have any shred of decent code - you are ok. If you can't produce a page of decent code after working a year - why would anyone keep such programmer.
- scrubs 4y agoAnd why weren't they already canned? Slacker tls and managers. Next thing you know Elon is looking at himself. Yeah bring code so we can talk about it is fine at the bottom level. Dumb for owner in first week. The good programmers know nothing will ultimately come of this codiscovery process thus making a bad impression on the good employees
- batmanturkey 4y ago
- aniforprez 4y agoWhy in the Sam Hell would you need printouts. Literally look at git histories and contributions per user. This is bending over backwards to explain what is most likely a simple power play that most probably backfired
- yetihehe 4y agoSo that they can show code they are proud of, not just average code or code written under pressure or when they had to do quick fixes.
- Polygator 4y agoIf you read the thread, he appears to have asked for the last 30 to 60 days of code, printed. So not code they're proud of, literally everything. And why printed?
- ratg13 4y agoNot a musk fan, but if you purchased any company would you not want to get to know the people that make it work, what they are up to, and what excites them? Not saying his intentions are noble, but the act of these mettings, in and of themselves, does not signal anything in either direction.