The experienced programmer knows it won't work first time, and does not wait until its finished before testing it. The time spend finding a bug is cubic in the

The experienced programmer knows it won't work first time, and does not wait until its finished before testing it. The time spend finding a bug is cubic in the distance you have coded since last thorough testing. You test the foundations are rock solid before building a cathedral on top of it. I find the newer blood writes way too much code in one go.