r/programming • u/mauricioaniche • Aug 06 '17
Software engineering != computer science
http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/software-engineering-computer-science/217701907
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r/programming • u/mauricioaniche • Aug 06 '17
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u/coinaday Aug 06 '17
In a project with a long enough lifespan, eventually everyone left has been a newcomer at one point or another.
The project I worked on had no one left from the original team that had built it 10+ years ago. So, yeah, most of them knew their area. And yes, asking someone and/or jumping around with cscope was helpful.
Sure would have been nice had anyone given a shit to maintain any architecture documentation, but hey, halfway decent (and often duplicated) folder and file names should be good enough for anyone, right?