• @[email protected]
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    227 hours ago

    My professor once asked me about a comment that said "// This is awful and you should feel awful, change this before handing it in. " I had no excuse, I just told him time makes fools of us all.

    • @voracitude
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      227 hours ago

      I had no excuse, I just told him time makes fools of us all.

      For that quip, they should’ve just christened you a developer and handed over your diploma right there.

    • @qarbone
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      106 hours ago

      Should always slap a TODO on the front. IDEs like Jetbrain will catch those for you, so you can willfully ignore them next time(s).

    • @[email protected]
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      106 hours ago

      This is the difference between academia and actual experience. Senior engineer wouldn’t bat an eye for such comment

      • @[email protected]
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        116 hours ago

        That’s basically what I was told. It worked, I explained the algorithm I was having trouble with, and that I just ran out of time. He didn’t deduct any marks or anything, he just said I should make an effort to make comments less self-deprecating.

        • @edgemaster72
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          23 hours ago

          I should make an effort to make comments less self-deprecating.

          Weird, that’s what my therapist keeps telling me too. j/k, I can’t afford it or be bothered to go