• palordrolap@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    U nd to rembr tht mny snr devs grw up prgrmng on old hrdwr tht ddn’t hv mch mmry & oftn th lang ony allwd shrt var nms anywy. Also thy wr th gen of txtspk fr smlr rsns.

    Yngr snr devs pckd up bd hbts frm tht gen.

    And here’s a sentence that’s not squashed to cleanse your palettes / give a sigh of relief because I figure if I need a break from typing like that, you need a break from reading it.

    Nmng thngs s hrd.

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      I’ve been at this for 25 years and a restriction on variable name length hasn’t been a problem since then.

      A good senior dev shouldn’t just be older, they should have continued to learn and evolve.

      I do remember texting abbreviations because we texted on a number pad with no autocomplete.

      Everyone I know was happy to switch to better keyboards and autocomplete as soon as they were available.

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          And with “this decade” you mean within the last 10 years or since 2020? Either way, I’m scared… Just kidding, if this is a bank we’re talking about, they’re actually ahead of the curve.

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        I was mostly poking (heh) fun at myself, (also) a member of the generation I spoke about. Very much not a professional, but I do code a little, and know about the non-triviality of naming things.

        Also also, for reasons I won’t go into, my phone is still a flip phone.

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      U nd to rembr tht mny snr devs grw up prgrmng on old hrdwr tht ddn’t hv mch mmry & oftn th lang ony allwd shrt var nms anywy.

      My generation. Many of us learned and adapted over time, and use perfectly decent variable names now.

      Also thy wr th gen of txtspk fr smlr rsns.

      Nope. Got my first cell phone 8 years into my professional life, and 18-20 years after I started programming. Txtspkrs r th nxt gnrtn. Whippersnappers!

      Now get the hell off my lawn!