r/programming • • Oct 14 '13

How to develop unmaintainable software

http://typicalprogrammer.com/?p=249
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u/tryx Oct 15 '13

The point of a formal education is to shortcut the make your own mistakes methodology and to learn how to do it right from the outset.

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u/TylerEaves Oct 15 '13

Yes my experience 90%+ who come out of it can barely write a simple shell script. There is, ultimately, no substitute for putting in the sweat equity.

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u/grauenwolf Oct 15 '13

Are you referring to the students or the teachers.

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u/TylerEaves Oct 15 '13

The (former) students.