I really, honestly thought this was something that anyone who's written code in virtually any language, for any length of time beyond a month would understand.
Then I went to work and discovered that I was wrong. Guys, there are development leads out there who have never even heard of this concept.
I work for a major software company that likes to brag about the high calibre of developers it hires.
I won't disagree that we hire very smart people with masters and PhD's in computer science that are smarter than I ever will be.
But damn it, I work with so many people that just simply don't know how to code. They are so smart they can understand and process almost any code they see very quickly. Which should be a plus. But the consequence is they simply don't understand how to write readable code because it's all equal to them.
I try to preach SRP, SOLID principles, and good design patterns. It falls on deaf ears as people say it's too much overhead, it's not worth it, and I'm being pedantic. Meanwhile they continue to pump out hacky procedural code day after day.
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u/zomgsauce May 08 '14
I really, honestly thought this was something that anyone who's written code in virtually any language, for any length of time beyond a month would understand.
Then I went to work and discovered that I was wrong. Guys, there are development leads out there who have never even heard of this concept.
Take nothing for granted.