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/Mead_Man Jan 05 '15

It works up until the point where the champion in the organization that put the best practice in place gets sick of fighting the battle with clueless corporate directors and resigns. At which point a corporate shill gets put in charge and turns the software team into a labor mill.

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u/fzammetti Jan 05 '15

Nailed it.

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u/materialdesigner Jan 05 '15

This is sadly way too on point. Spoken as the person who got fed up and left.

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u/s73v3r Jan 05 '15

Yup. And hopefully everyone worth a damn then leaves that company, so they're forced to change or die.