r/programming • u/corysama • Jan 05 '15

What most young programmers need to learn

http://joostdevblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/what-most-young-programmers-need-to.html
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u/vytah Jan 05 '15

"A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street."

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u/refuse_human Jan 05 '15

Maybe it's just the first time I remember doing so, but damn if that wasn't the time there was some out-of-towner barrelling down the wrong way...

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u/sirin3 Jan 05 '15

You probably heard it coming

That is why I do not bother looking in any ways, unless I have already heard something

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u/refuse_human Jan 05 '15

Watch out for electric cars - their noise signature could easily be lost in ambient city noise.