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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by quickthrower2 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:56AM (#38189200)
He gets promoted = double click cv.doc and get updating for me. Team leading is about people but fuck you need some level of competence. Infact I say you need more technical skill in some ways to be across everything. How will this TL have high standards if he short circuits his unit tests and then fiercely argues for it?
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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by guappa on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:20AM (#38189417)
He doesn't have standards. Last time I had to do with that team, the only test the code had passed was "it compiles".

Surprisingly, it didn't work.

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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:21AM (#38189943)
>> the only test the code had passed was "it compiles"

He might be really good at type systems!

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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by quickthrower2 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @03:21PM (#38196360)
With Haskell, if it compiles then it works. But not for the reason people think. If you spent the time learning Haskell, you probably are smart, conscientious and thought quite hard about your program.

That said type obsessed people invent things like property based tests (basically fuzzers for math people). They test the shit out of their code!

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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by guappa on Thursday November 09, 2023 @05:35AM (#38203291)
If you call "void*" a type :D
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