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The most direct resolution to the conflict you mention, and this works for just about everything in life is: Just ask yourself: Why would I want to do that? W
by austin-cheney 2y ago
The most direct resolution to the conflict you mention, and this works for just about everything in life is:
Just ask yourself: Why would I want to do that?
When somebody suggests nonsense to you just ask yourself that one simple question. The answers is always, and I mean ALWAYS, one of these three things:
* evidence
* ethos, like: laws, security protocols, or religious beliefs
* narcissism
At that point its just a matter of extremely direct facts/proofs or process of elimination thereof. In the case of bad programmers the answer is almost universally some unspoken notion of comfort/anxiety, which falls under narcissism. That makes sense because if a person cannot perform their job without, fill in the blank here, they will defend their position using bias, logical fallacies they take to heart, social manipulation, shifting emotion, and other nonstarters.
As to your point about reinventing wheels you are making a self-serving mistake. Its not about you. Its about some artifact or product. In that regard reinventing wheels is acceptable. Frameworks and languages are not the product, at least not your product. Frameworks and languages are merely some enabling factor.
- pdimitar 2y agoHow idealistic of you to assume people will even be able to agree on what's a sensical and nonsensical suggestion. OP indeed has mutually exclusive phrases. If we ever get to the "extremely directs facts/proofs" then things get super easy, of course. 99% of the problem when working with people is to even arrive at that stage. I predict a "well, work somewhere else then" response which I'll just roll my eyes at. You should know that this comes at a big cost for many. And even more cannot afford it. Literally.
- austin-cheney 2y agoIt’s a personal decision assessment method. Other people are irrelevant. I really believe you did not understand the article or my comment.
- pdimitar 2y agoTo take a face value such a blatant generalization like "I really believe you did not understand the article or my comment" you might want to give an example? I did not find the article illuminating one bit. I agree with some of the criticisms wholeheartedly, mind you, but the article is just a rant.
- austin-cheney 2y agoIt’s a well founded rant because most people employed to write software cannot program, communicate at an adult level, or follow simple instructions. The comments here unintentionally qualify this assessment.
- Dansvidania 2y agowhich of the three pillars you list above does this statement fall under?
- austin-cheney 2y agoEvidence. Its demonstrable, provable, and quantifiable. It's also why interviewing is so bad.
- pdimitar 2y ago> The comments here unintentionally qualify this assessment. Which comments might those be? Be concrete. You also didn't give any example as I asked, you are happy just generalizing so it's not really interesting to engage with you, is what I am finding.