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Given 24-48 hours in a gigantic tech company’s code base made up of dozens of teams and hundreds (thousands?) of logical services? No, I couldn’t tell you the “
by ctvo 4y ago
Given 24-48 hours in a gigantic tech company’s code base made up of dozens of teams and hundreds (thousands?) of logical services? No, I couldn’t tell you the “quality” of the code.
Someone who doesn’t understand engineering at that scale would presume it’s the structure of the if statements. And sure, if that’s what you’re looking for, print out some lines and let a person lacking all context take a look.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> Given 24-48 hours in a gigantic tech company’s code base made up of dozens of teams and hundreds (thousands?) of logical services? No, I couldn’t tell you the “quality” of the code. You could probably call out the bullshitters, though. They aren't refactoring the code base.
- sidibe 4y agoI would guess anyone calling someone out 48 hours into a huge codebase is themselves the bullshitter. Maybe if that 48 hours is work time and presentations/walkthroughs and the person catching up is a seasoned director (they tend to have to do this quick ramp of huge projects more often than an engineer). But no one is going to look at Twitter's code base and make any meaningful conclusions in 48 hours.