[thawaway1837]

I’m curious if you programmed professionally before SO.

I feel the average junior developer’s, or even senior developer’s, for that matter, code was a lot worse than the average SO response, which has now become the baseline for all types of devs, so their code is at worst as bad.

[jasonlhy]

I think the main reason is many developer lacks the skill of systematic learning. Never attempt to read the basic manual / document and understand the basic theory behind the technology