This post resonates deeply with me, explaining exactly how my experience at some points as been working with people.
I am still in the early stages of my professional career, so I am nowhere near a stage where I think I am even close to know pretty much anything to the standards that I have mentally set for my self.
But I have found the share amount of employees, which just bloat confidence in anything they say, even if it is the wrongest thing in the entire Universe.
Always prefer to lower the bar around the quality of code, translating into more problems with future requirements, readability and so on. The reason? Self-preference to bad habits, but also the "no time" excuse, which in some cases might be the appropriate choice, but in others simply translates onto an obvious lack of ambition, but also a mind-blowing lack of respect for the programming art.
And I say this knowing that I am nowhere near the level which I want to be and very far away to actually produce code that I can consider to have met the standards of anyone with level of expertise in the same subject.
You are so lucky! You have a huge chance to note the experiences of the author, and _change course_ now before you end up unemployable years down the road! (like the author, who is going to be one of those aging coders who can't seem to get a job)
The author clearly seems to know computers, but in general from reading his post, he is a bad engineer. He collaborates poorly, he offers solutions without context, and does dangerous things without even realizing it. (eg: the use of BATCH without consideration for the negatives of such)
One thing to realize is you are holding an absolutist view of programming as an immutable art form. Programming computers is an engineering discipline. It exists to serve an external purpose - help people, make money, solve problems in the real world. Like every engineering discipline, it involves a trade off. Marking off your coworkers as "obvious lack of ambition" and "lack of respect" in their efforts based on your own judgement of their coding skill is intensely disrespectful. That's the kind of attitude that is inherently pre-judgemental and is what can get you fired, not hired or just edged out.
Having worked with truly intelligent individuals, one thing I have noticed is their endless humility and lack of ego. They are kind, think well of others and endlessly question their own intelligence. The author falls short on every metric.
But I have found the share amount of employees, which just bloat confidence in anything they say, even if it is the wrongest thing in the entire Universe.
Always prefer to lower the bar around the quality of code, translating into more problems with future requirements, readability and so on. The reason? Self-preference to bad habits, but also the "no time" excuse, which in some cases might be the appropriate choice, but in others simply translates onto an obvious lack of ambition, but also a mind-blowing lack of respect for the programming art.
And I say this knowing that I am nowhere near the level which I want to be and very far away to actually produce code that I can consider to have met the standards of anyone with level of expertise in the same subject.