alt Hacker NewsThere are a lot of people in academia who are great at thinking about complex algorithms but can't write maintainable code if their life depended on it. There are ways to acquire those skills that don't go the junior developer route. Same with debugging and profiling skills
But we might see a lot more specialization as a result
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cmiles74 • yesterday at 2:59 PM
Do they need to write maintainable code? I think probably not, it's the research and discovering the new method that is important.
They can’t write maintainable code because they don’t have real world experience of getting your hands dirty in a company. The only way to get startup experience is to build a startup or work for one