One secret to becoming a great software engineer: read code
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Become a better programmer by building a routine and habit for reading codeThis is a post in my occasional series, Notes to a Young Software Engineer. Sign up here.A code snippet from RedisIf you woke up one day resolved to be a great writer, you’d hear two simple pieces of feedback: write a lot, and read even more.In software, plenty of people write code, but precious few spend time reading it — especially code outside their day to day work. That is a mistake. Early in your career, act like an aspiring writer and embrace reading diverse code.Read widely and read often. It could be the difference between being a decent software engineer and a great one.Why should I read code?Great writers are a function of the writers they’ve read. Think of Joan Didion, who typed out Hemingway’s sentences at 16, (...)
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