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Take chances (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[-] [email protected] 133 points 3 months ago

As the senior dev, please don't.

[-] [email protected] 85 points 3 months ago

I am the senior dev and idk what the fuck I am doing, leave me alone

[-] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago

just stare at it long enough, it’ll work itself out

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

It literally did that just yesterday. I need to retrain for a new job. Something with wood or plants in general I think.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

lol it’s 50/50 sr devs I know love or detest technology

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Just ask questions until people figure it out for themselves

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 63 points 3 months ago

As someone who is not quite junior, but not quite senior, do it. It might just get me promoted ಠᴗಠ

[-] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

You did so great on that case, were having a pizza party for the whole office!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Sounds like I’ve been promoted to the guy that eats the entire pizza by himself

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

… tell me again why you thought plugging into the prod server was a good idea?

[-] [email protected] 49 points 3 months ago

Wait until becoming the reason your boss has to get involved

[-] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago

Be the reason the corporate PR team has to get involved.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Be the reason the Hazmat Compliance team has to get involved

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It’s better to ask forgiveness than permission

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[-] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago

*Looking at the senior devs JavaScript code

My God, it even has a watermark.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago

Wait, no, that's a coffee stain. On the screen.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

But why is there an exact copy of the coffee stain on my screen as well?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

drops rubber duck

[-] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago

Be the reason Legal has to get involved.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago

I'm the reason we get a safety meeting today, if that counts? 😊

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Sure, and it counts double if code you wrote was the reason for the safety meeting.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago

I am the senior dev. Please. No.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

You're that afraid of the code you wrote 10 years ago too eh? 🤣

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

I shudder at the thought of the ancient 1000+ lines Perl scripts.. The seal must not be broken

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Perl and regex are modern day black magic

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I honestly still use Perl for small scripts as a Bash alternative. It is very powerful and is already installed everywhere. I just try not to use it for things others might have to work on..

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago
[-] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

As staff engineer, I'm far too busy to read any of these comments. Also I haven't written any code in 4 years

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

What does a staff engineer do? Engineers staff?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Carry a big stick

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Is that your staff or are you just happy to see me?

[-] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

Oh don't worry, I get myself involved in plenty. I prefer to make problems at the architectural or "leadership" level though.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Im a mid with two juniors under me, super happy when they take initiative and do something creative

.. instead of following youtrack to the letter, leaving me to rewrite half of it before the merge 😔

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Pre-commit code reviews, preferably in person or at least live, are a great way to learn and teach. They explain what they did and why, you suggest alternatives.

Doing it pre commit is best because it it’s done later, they’ve already moved on.

And the learning goes both ways.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

I usually am, I am support and I ask questions about features so old and undocumented that no one else knows the answer.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

This, but remove the "else"

..yes, not even the author

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Or the author left and no one really knew what their job involved. Had one like that recently, tried to contact someone only to find out they have left. Oh, ok well who handles the content template site now? Oh, me? No one told me about this or how to use it.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

How the fuck does one get out of junior dev status? I'm at like 3.5 YoE and stuck in it.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

You have to create technical debt specific to your skillset

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Lmao. I'm in charge of migrating a C codebase to Rust, so I don't think I'll be lacking in that department.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That doesn't sound very junior dev to me.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Yooo somebody called me?

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