• hisao@ani.social
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    9 hours ago

    The fact that I dislike it that it turned out that software engineering is not a good place for self-expression or for demonstrating your power level or the beauty and depth of your intricate thought patterns through advanced constructs and structures you come up with, doesn’t mean that I disagree that this is true.

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      The problem is that you don’t realize that writing code that is difficult to maintain is in fact not a sign of intelligence, or “power level”.

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        9 hours ago

        It depends. If it’s difficult to maintain because it’s some terrible careless spaghetti written by person who didn’t care enough, then it’s definitely not a sign of intelligence or power level. But if it’s difficult to maintain because the rest of the team can’t wrap their head around type-level metaprogramming or edsl you came up with, then it’s a different case.

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      demonstrating your power level

      lolwut? I’m so tired of tech people acting like they’re the next Genghis Khan or Julius Caesar…