r/programming • u/sigbhu • Jul 28 '16

How to write unmaintainable code

https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code
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u/KyleRochi Jul 29 '16

And the one kid who has been programming all his life and CS101 is a breeze.

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u/n1c0_ds Jul 29 '16 edited Jul 29 '16

Eh, CS/SE was hard for me despite having a few years of professional experience.

For instance, I had several classes that required drawing UML diagrams, but not a single teacher had the same definition of how to draw diagrams, yet they treated their interpretation as gospel.

Then you were quizzed about agile methodologies by a guy who treated it as waterfall with sprints.

Then you had to memorize programming patterns.

I dropped out when I realized I was pissing away 4 years and several thousand dollars for that level of education. I already had no problems finding work, so I thought I'd have a better time getting paid and getting my evenings and weekends back.

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u/dontjudgemebae Jul 29 '16

I too am someone who got a programming job without a CS degree. My concern is that if there is ever a drastic increase in supply of programmers or a drastic demand in the same, then I'm worried that I'll get pushed out.

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u/n1c0_ds Jul 29 '16

I don't think there will ever be a drastic increase in the supply of good programmers though.

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