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Programming is terrible — Lessons learned from a life wasted (with slides)

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  • Presented by Thomas Figg
  • An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.

Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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Tools and practiceSoftware designSimplicity and complexityRefactoring and legacy codeCode review and teamwork

Thomas Figg shares cynical but practical lessons about software development, maintenance, and the reality of working with legacy systems.

With slides and captions for non-eglish speakers Original is taken from m.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1a2mf7/programming_is_te…

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What people say. Recommended as a classic, highly entertaining talk on the harsh realities of software engineering and maintenance.

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This is also the difference between education and reality. Students will most often work on greenfield prototypes. Reminds me on this section of a talk: Programming is terrible — Lessons learned from a life wasted (20:25+)
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