A rather pessimistic view of the industry, but I relate to his frustration with some of the annoyances he discusses. As a semi-new developer, I've found coding etiquette, or "clean code", to mean a variety of things from different people, each of whom as certain as the next person that their way is the right way.
My question has become: "How do I get to that level of code-confidence, where I'm objectively certain of something somewhat discreetly subjective?"
Sometimes I feel like my personality lacks the pretentiousness required to be a great developer. How can anybody act like a know-it-all in an industry a million libraries of books couldn't cover in full? One that is still changing every day?
Of course, there are reasonable rules that should be followed, but maybe the less obvious or even important ones should be more prevalently established and reemphasized to avoid confusion when it may occur.
Here is a personal example: A company's I interviewed for had me do a coding challenge which is usually my strong suit in the interview process. They emailed me afterward, saying that my code was not quite on par with what they were looking for. This confused me because the functions worked perfectly, the results were in the format they were asking for, and I left comments throughout to explain my approach. Still, I understand and I am always willing to learn from mistakes; however, I asked for feedback (via email) and never received a response, so I had/have no way to know what needs to be improved and why.
On the subject of interviews I don't think you can learn anything from an individual rejection, you are much better off just moving on. It's quite possible or even likely they won't tell you the real reason you were rejected. Companies reject good candidates all the time and they know that.
My question has become: "How do I get to that level of code-confidence, where I'm objectively certain of something somewhat discreetly subjective?"
Sometimes I feel like my personality lacks the pretentiousness required to be a great developer. How can anybody act like a know-it-all in an industry a million libraries of books couldn't cover in full? One that is still changing every day?
Of course, there are reasonable rules that should be followed, but maybe the less obvious or even important ones should be more prevalently established and reemphasized to avoid confusion when it may occur.
Here is a personal example: A company's I interviewed for had me do a coding challenge which is usually my strong suit in the interview process. They emailed me afterward, saying that my code was not quite on par with what they were looking for. This confused me because the functions worked perfectly, the results were in the format they were asking for, and I left comments throughout to explain my approach. Still, I understand and I am always willing to learn from mistakes; however, I asked for feedback (via email) and never received a response, so I had/have no way to know what needs to be improved and why.