Re:Software development: do good manners matter?
by simoncion on Thursday November 19, 2015 @05:46PM
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> I simply said: "I had to rewrite X's first pass he was using some older tech and there's better ways of doing it now." ... My boss ... told me that ... I had in fact insulted the other guy...
...what? The other guy is too attached to his code.
> [People] put their heart and soul into what they do and I should respect their code and them.
One thing that every good programmer has to learn to do is to be able to disentangle one's ego from one's code. It's verygood to be proud of one's accomplishments. It's bad to become so attached to one's work that one suffers injury from criticism of or attempts to improve the work.
If you love your code too much, it'll be harder for you to see (or let others help you see) where it needs improvement and when it needs to be thrown away.
...what? The other guy is too attached to his code.
> [People] put their heart and soul into what they do and I should respect their code and them.
One thing that every good programmer has to learn to do is to be able to disentangle one's ego from one's code. It's very good to be proud of one's accomplishments. It's bad to become so attached to one's work that one suffers injury from criticism of or attempts to improve the work.
If you love your code too much, it'll be harder for you to see (or let others help you see) where it needs improvement and when it needs to be thrown away.