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by jay-barronville
739 days ago
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> [Junior programmers] are often obsessed with "best-practices" and whatever fancy new tool is trending, but they have trouble starting with the problem they need to solve and focusing on the minimum needed to just solve that problem. I’ve observed/experienced the same exact thing [0]. I think it’s due to a combo of (1) not knowing what “the right way” to do things are and (2) thinking it’ll make your peers perceive you as more knowledgeable or advanced if they see you writing “best practices” code. Not to mention that sometimes the simpler solutions are so simple, they make you feel like you’re not a real software engineer. I usually just do my best to help them understand that simple solutions are okay, especially since (1) I’ve been there myself when I was in their shoes and (2) I know they have good intentions. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40527071 |
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