Re:“Nothing you can do impresses me”
by mcguire on Friday January 09, 2015 @12:29PM
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"I expect to be criticized on nearly every project, because that makes me a better coder."
A great deal of the criticism is not intended to make you a better coder, and it probably won't do so. It's intended to make the critic appear superior or at lest feel superior.
Yeah, I've done that. It's a bad habit to get into, and a hard one to get out of.
"There is always something that can be improved, and beating around the bush with flowery language doesn't really help to fix it."
A great deal of the criticism is not intended to make you a better coder, and it probably won't do so. It's intended to make the critic appear superior or at lest feel superior.
Yeah, I've done that. It's a bad habit to get into, and a hard one to get out of.
"There is always something that can be improved, and beating around the bush with flowery language doesn't really help to fix it."
"Great. Now tell me something I don't know."