How to be a wizard programmer

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Post by knoxa2511 » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 4:58 AM UTC

How to be a wizard programmer
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Re: How to be a wizard programmer

#2

Post by tdy721 » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 6:50 AM UTC

Why does this article say twitter when it redirects me to Bloomberg? Not happy... HN!

Re: How to be a wizard programmer

#3

Post by tdy721 » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 6:51 AM UTC

tdy721 wrote: post #2

Why does this article say twitter when it redirects me to Bloomberg? Not happy... HN!

Ahem... YC!

Re: How to be a wizard programmer

#4

Post by ak39 » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 7:21 AM UTC

It's amazing how encountering handwritten text, a scarce thing these days, somehow grabs your attention immediately.

Re: How to be a wizard programmer

#5

Post by emoore84 » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 7:23 AM UTC

It's a personal tweet, Where is the article?

Re: How to be a wizard programmer

#6

Post by tubs » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 7:30 AM UTC

Until the more senior member quits because they are wasting the vast majority of their time answering questions that could have been answered by just trying for more than 30seconds after hitting an obstacle...

Re: How to be a wizard programmer

#7

Post by bluesnowmonkey » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 7:38 AM UTC

tubs wrote: post #6

Until the more senior member quits because they are wasting the vast majority of their time answering questions that could have been answered by just trying for more than 30seconds after hitting an obstacle...

More likely in my experience, the senior member feels valuable for being able to answer questions and help others.

Re: How to be a wizard programmer

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Post by dozzie » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 7:43 AM UTC

bluesnowmonkey wrote: post #7

tubs wrote: post #6

Until the more senior member quits because they are wasting the vast majority of their time answering questions that could have been answered by just trying for more than 30seconds after hitting an obstacle...

More likely in my experience, the senior member feels valuable for being able to answer questions and help others.

Not after twentieth question of similar construction and similarly easy to be answered by the one who asked if he actually read the friggin' docs.

Seniors like to help learn, not to be used as a walking manual.

Re: How to be a wizard programmer

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Post by greyman » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 7:51 AM UTC

tubs wrote: post #6

Until the more senior member quits because they are wasting the vast majority of their time answering questions that could have been answered by just trying for more than 30seconds after hitting an obstacle...

Never happened in my company.

Re: How to be a wizard programmer

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Post by zamalek » Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 7:57 AM UTC

dozzie wrote: post #8

bluesnowmonkey wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More likely in my experience, the senior member feels valuable for being able to answer questions and help others.

Not after twentieth question of similar construction and similarly easy to be answered by the one who asked if he actually read the friggin' docs. Seniors like to help learn, not to be used as a walking manual.

When it's the first hit on Google you start feeling as though you are doing other peoples' work for them. Luckily I now have a fantastic manager: she aggressively defends the time of all her team members.

Being a wizard developer also requires a wizard manager that the developers can trust completely.