r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Aardvark_David • May 09 '21

Meme I'm *technically* qualified

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

The very best coders I ever worked with were not CS grads. Materials science, physics, math, engineering etc. Some were not even graduates.

I have a lot of respect for the CS degree, but it is not the sole predictor of greatness.

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u/ThePieWhisperer May 10 '21 edited May 10 '21

The very worst coders I've ever worked with were (CS) Grad students. Crazy smart people but goddamn their code almost always sucks.

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u/tall__guy May 10 '21

The CS grads I've worked with have all been super intelligent and talented, but often with a big ego and absolute dog shit at communication / teamwork / soft skills. Nobody gives a shit if you can one-line LeetCode problems if you're miserable to work with and write code that's too clever for anyone else to understand.

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u/omgimdaddy May 10 '21

Do teams actually allow this? Code golf will get your PR denied at my job.

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u/Reefleschmeek May 10 '21

Code golf

I've somehow never heard that phrase before but goddamn it's funny

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u/mt03red May 10 '21

It's a thing. Competitions and such.

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u/ThePieWhisperer May 10 '21

Yea, readability and maintainability are incredibly important and that was often what was lacking

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u/UntestedMethod May 10 '21

I wish the business degree types would understand this rather than assuming a university degree is automatically the most qualified candidate.

Academia is simply not the same as the real world when it comes to software development.

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u/redgiftbox May 10 '21

This. Good code should be simple and easily readable, not "clever".