Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself
by e12e on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @04:16PM
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Just to try to put this in a (unfair to you) constructive context:
> I could be stuck for days because following the README in a repo just wasn't enough to get the project to compile and run.
>> I can give some insight from my own experience. In my current position, there are a large number of "things" that I've had to figure out, either by reverse engineering, reading code, or intuition. So I get constantly bombarded with helping others get unstuck.
This is why I always try to follow readmes, log my progress and fix errors as I find them. Also document hidden assumptions etc.
That way others can help themselves - follow the readme, look at the up to date network/architecture diagram etc.
Partly this is because I really cannot be bothered to keep such details in my head, anyway.
> I could be stuck for days because following the README in a repo just wasn't enough to get the project to compile and run.
>> I can give some insight from my own experience. In my current position, there are a large number of "things" that I've had to figure out, either by reverse engineering, reading code, or intuition. So I get constantly bombarded with helping others get unstuck.
This is why I always try to follow readmes, log my progress and fix errors as I find them. Also document hidden assumptions etc.
That way others can help themselves - follow the readme, look at the up to date network/architecture diagram etc.
Partly this is because I really cannot be bothered to keep such details in my head, anyway.