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Re:Ask HN: Uncommon but attainable programmer skillsets valu... by mafagafogigante on Monday April 23, 2018 @11:17AM (#16904135)
This. Being able to work on code that you (or the person sitting next to you) didn't write is fundamental but often ignored in university courses.
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Re:Ask HN: Uncommon but attainable programmer skillsets valu... by johnvanommen on Monday April 23, 2018 @02:22PM (#16906023)
My number one complaint about University Courses. We didn't spend a single minute doing what most of my job consists of: reading someone elses code and trying to decipher what the heck they were trying to do.
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Re:Ask HN: Uncommon but attainable programmer skillsets valu... by collyw on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @03:26AM (#16910613)
One you have done enough of it it maddens you enough not to make the same shitty mistakes. Keep things as simple as possible and no simpler.
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