overitthrowaway

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   by overitthrowaway 5y ago

   Thank you, I needed to hear this. > I'm not sure therapy is healthy if conformity is the desired outcome. It's taken me an embarrassingly long time to realise this. Somehow I always knew it in the back of my mind, a sort of qui
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   by overitthrowaway 5y ago

   Appreciate the comment. > On the other hand, I can be defensive too if people just want to rewrite software to change the implementation language. It always sounds fun at first until you grasp the complexity of the project again. Yep, I&
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   by overitthrowaway 5y ago

   It's likely just a case of "it it ain't broken, there's no budget"
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   by overitthrowaway 5y ago

   I've had multiple jobs that have been this way, so I'm extrapolating across the industry. But to be fair the industry is small here and all the companies poach employees from each other. So it might be a regional problem.
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   by overitthrowaway 5y ago

   Code reviews. There's good reason for them to exist, but in practice at best they're a waste of time, and at worst an exercise in narcissism. People nitpicking the way a statement is written because they feel like their subjective
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   Tell HN: I love programming but am sick of the software industry

   35 points by overitthrowaway 5y ago|30 comments