[Tutor] Real world experience

[C Smith]

Thanks to everyone.

>> practice.  That programming doesn't have to be a solitary thing needs
>> to be strongly emphasized, because the media likes to exaggerate,
>Yes, This can't be stressed too much. Industrial coding is a team activity not a solo process.

This is particularly good advice for me. Although I realized that a
big project would involve many people, I was thinking of myself as
"coding alone in dark room " without being able to go over ideas with
a team. I would probably get less frustrated that way.

>One big step is "program for someone else"

This is something I need to practice.

>Just as a side comment: there are probably several folks on this
>mailing list whose job description would match "working in industry".

I was thinking IRL. Thanks for the sense of community though.

>I don't know where you're geographically located, but if you are close
>to Hacker Dojo, they're good people.

That looks pretty amazing. I am in Atlanta, but I may take a bus out
there just to check it out. I lived in LA for a little while and
venice beach, santa monica, and the desert-y hills around mulholland
drive were beautiful.

>or a significant contribution to the industry.

I will keep this in mind.

>involve following standardized practices, using standard notations and naming conventions and so on.

This is another very relevant thing for me to keep in mind. My
variables are usually interesting animals or spells from final fantasy
1.

Thanks

On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On 12/05/14 18:47, Danny Yoo wrote:
>
>> practice.  That programming doesn't have to be a solitary thing needs
>> to be strongly emphasized, because the media likes to exaggerate,
>
>
> Yes, This can't be stressed too much. Industrial coding is a team activity
> not a solo process.
>
> In fact one well known and respected management book(*) had as a maxiom -
> "Beware of the man in a darkened room". What it meant was be suspicious of
> the lone wolf coder who doesn't tell you what he'sd doing, where he's at
> etc.
> His code will likely not work with any one else's (and he'll blame
> them of course!) and it will be late because its always 95%
> complete...
>
> There are a few lone shark geniuses out there, I've met maybe 2 in
> my 40 years in IT. But 99.9% of coders work best in a team.
>
>
> (*)Software Project Survival Guide by Steve McConnell
> (also author of Code Complete etc)
>
> --
> Alan G
> Author of the Learn to Program web site
> http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos
>
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