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>Unused variables? Doesn't matter. Unreachable code blocks? Doesn't matter. Comments and naming that have nothing to do with the actual business case the code i
by bryanrasmussen 2y ago
>Unused variables? Doesn't matter. Unreachable code blocks? Doesn't matter. Comments and naming that have nothing to do with the actual business case the code is supposed to be addressing? Doesn't matter.
maybe I am just supremely lucky but while I have encountered people like (in the coding part) it is somewhat rare from my experience. These comments on HN always makes it seem like it's at least 30% of the people out there.
- alisonatwork 2y agoI think even though these types of developers are fairly rare, they have a disproportionate negative impact on the quality of the code and the morale of their colleagues, which is perhaps why people remember them and talk about it more often. The p95 developers who are more-or-less okay aren't really notable enough to be worth complaining about on HN, since they are us.
- ryandrake 2y agoAnd, as OP alluded to, I bet these kinds of programmers tend to “fail upward” and disproportionately become eng managers and directors, spreading their carelessness over a wider blast radius, while the people who care stagnate as perpetual “senior software engineers”.
- bryanrasmussen 2y agomaybe they care more about the quality as they become managers etc. quality takes effort, maybe they don't like taking the effort but like making other people take the effort.