Ask HN: Why does software development suck so much in finance?

Re:Ask HN: Why does software development suck so much in fin... by tmaly on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @04:10PM (#19566835)

I have done a lot of similar work over the years in Finance.

I took the glass half full approach and looked for ways to automate things and apply Pareto's law.

Creating good documentation of the processes or even designing the operational processes is extremely useful if you are on boarding new developers or if your taking a long vacation. And if you do hire a new team member, you can assign them some of the stuff and you already have the training built.

This xkcd has also been helpful

https://xkcd.com/1205/

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Re:Ask HN: Why does software development suck so much in fin... by hhs on Friday April 05, 2019 @12:58PM (#19584547)

That's a useful solution - "looked for ways to automate things and apply Pareto's law". If you're starting early in your coding/development career, what other skills would you work on?

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Re:Ask HN: Why does software development suck so much in fin... by tmaly on Saturday April 06, 2019 @11:08PM (#19594546)

Good communication skills and dealing with people. Good writing skills.

Make it a habit to write clean code and practice something like test driven development.

I still have code that has been running for 14 years. If you don’t put effort into making your code easy to read and maintain then your in for a world of hurt.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does software development suck so much in fin... by hhs on Sunday April 07, 2019 @11:07AM (#19597211)

Interesting, this is very helpful. I like your points. And I'll be sure to work on "test driven development" as I learn more about coding and software development, thank you!

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