Ask HN: I've lost faith in myself as a developer, how do I get it back?

Re:Ask HN: I've lost faith in myself as a developer, how do ... by lief79 on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @11:47AM (#29568382)

I'm not in a startup, but you should comfortable answering/acknowledging something along the lines of we needed it working quickly, and this did the job for x amount of time based on the time available at the required throughput.

We have the time now for refactoring ... or we'll add a ticket to the backlog, etc.

Second, everyone looks at some code, wonders what idiot did this ... and at some point discovers it was themselves x months/years ago. If you're the primary coder, you'll be getting this a lot. Accept that you've learned and improved since then.

Hope this helps.

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Re:Ask HN: I've lost faith in myself as a developer, how do ... by cwitty88 on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @11:57AM (#29568533)

Yea that is about right. Given the knowledge and requests I had at the time I solved it the best way I knew how. No one opts for worse it just happens from time-to-time given business constraints.

I all too frequently wonder who wrote this and see that it was me. You're right that it's a good sign of growth :).

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