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Re:Anti-Tesla sentiment and the death of optimism on Friday June 13, 2014 @03:35AM (#7887770)
In NYC, the sharks don't pretend they aren't.
Considering leaving the industry because of this. Which is a shame because I really do care about good software.
Yep, Code Complete, Mythical Man-Month. They are so highly regarded, but nobody seems to follow them!
It seems as absurd to me as constructing a building without laying down foundations and having proper blueprints.

Ask HN: Why can't I find work with a well-documented code base?

I've been at a variety of places. Some startups, some star companies you've heard of. Yet at each of these places, the documentation is minimal, the code is terribly written with tribal knowledge needed everywhere, and management keeps aggressively trying to push out features before they're ready. Have I just been getting bad luck here? Or is well-written, well-documented, well-tested code...

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