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Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices? by magic_beans on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:45PM (#14981558)
I mean, why is there a need to chat while working? Why not go to the kitchen to chat?

Code review seems pointless at a company with a defined code conventions.

Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices? by pgwhalen on Thursday August 10, 2017 @06:36PM (#14984996)
"Code review seems pointless at a company with defined code conventions."

I don't mean to disrespect you, but either you are you are very green or are living in a completely different universe of software engineering than I am. It's interesting to hear this viewpoint.

Re:Ask HN: Which companies give programmers offices? by RHSeeger on Thursday August 10, 2017 @02:25PM (#14982637)
Code conventions don't cover good algorithm design, good architecture, common implementation patterns, edge case coverage, etc.