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"I got fired over a variable name...." - https://old.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/dpcfns/i_got_fired_over_a_variable_name/ https://old.reddit.com/r/c

• Vaslo 4y ago
  lol nice find
• metadat 4y ago
  The linked "dog story" is an.. eye opener, too: https://old.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/95dgrx/i_am_absolutely_mortified_and_embarrassed_beyond/ https://old.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/95dgrx/i...
• chewxy 4y ago
  Surprisingly I did get pulled into a meeting with the CEO and a sales/custcare guy because of a similar issue. I wrote functions that are available for the users to use (they can customize their own dashboard). Our function conventions are camelCase. The function I wrote was something along the lines of `cumOnMetric` or something like that. Needless to say some square somewhere thought this was a joke and didn't like it. So there I was, just blinking away and wasn't even aware this was something sensitive. It was funny sure, but I didn't have the idea that it was "unprofessional". I still feel the idea of professionalism is quite a club thing. But yeah we got our first snake_case function name because of that.
  • ikornaselur 4y ago
    I don't see how the casing matters here? Would `cum_on_metric` somehow be better?