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That time when I failed the Microsoft interview

https://ochagavia.nl/blog/that-time-when-i-failed-the-microsoft-interview/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49095386

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That time when I failed the Microsoft interview

https://ochagavia.nl/blog/that-time-when-i-failed-the-microsoft-interview/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49095386

#HackerNews #MicrosoftInterview #FailureStory #CareerJourney #TechExperience

That time when I failed the Microsoft interview

https://ochagavia.nl/blog/that-time-when-i-failed-the-microsoft-interview/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49095386

#HackerNews #MicrosoftInterview #FailureStory #CareerJourney #TechExperience

That time when I failed the Microsoft interview

https://ochagavia.nl/blog/that-time-when-i-failed-the-microsoft-interview/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49095386

#HackerNews #MicrosoftInterview #FailureStory #CareerJourney #TechExperience

That time when I failed the Microsoft interview

https://ochagavia.nl/blog/that-time-when-i-failed-the-microsoft-interview/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49095386

#HackerNews #MicrosoftInterview #FailureStory #CareerJourney #TechExperience

The systems that last are rarely the smartest ones in the room.
They are not the most elegant, fashionable, or exciting.

They survive because people can still understand them at 3 AM, five years later, with incomplete context, stale documentation, and a failing debugger.
They respect constraints.
They change slowly and deliberately.

Elegance helps.
Clarity survives.

#SoftwareEngineering #SystemsThinking #Maintainability #TechExperience #EngineeringCulture #ByernNotes

The systems that last are rarely the smartest ones in the room.
They are not the most elegant, fashionable, or exciting.

They survive because people can still understand them at 3 AM, five years later, with incomplete context, stale documentation, and a failing debugger.
They respect constraints.
They change slowly and deliberately.

Elegance helps.
Clarity survives.

#SoftwareEngineering #SystemsThinking #Maintainability #TechExperience #EngineeringCulture #ByernNotes

The systems that last are rarely the smartest ones in the room.
They are not the most elegant, fashionable, or exciting.

They survive because people can still understand them at 3 AM, five years later, with incomplete context, stale documentation, and a failing debugger.
They respect constraints.
They change slowly and deliberately.

Elegance helps.
Clarity survives.

#SoftwareEngineering #SystemsThinking #Maintainability #TechExperience #EngineeringCulture #ByernNotes

The systems that last are rarely the smartest ones in the room.
They are not the most elegant, fashionable, or exciting.

They survive because people can still understand them at 3 AM, five years later, with incomplete context, stale documentation, and a failing debugger.
They respect constraints.
They change slowly and deliberately.

Elegance helps.
Clarity survives.

#SoftwareEngineering #SystemsThinking #Maintainability #TechExperience #EngineeringCulture #ByernNotes

The systems that last are rarely the smartest ones in the room.
They are not the most elegant, fashionable, or exciting.

They survive because people can still understand them at 3 AM, five years later, with incomplete context, stale documentation, and a failing debugger.
They respect constraints.
They change slowly and deliberately.

Elegance helps.
Clarity survives.

#SoftwareEngineering #SystemsThinking #Maintainability #TechExperience #EngineeringCulture #ByernNotes

I’ve worked on systems newer than today’s trends and older than some of today’s developers.
The ones that survived were rarely the most elegant, fashionable, or exciting.

They were understandable.
They respected constraints.
They changed slowly and deliberately.

Most engineering problems are not solved by adding more layers.
They are solved by deciding which ones not to add.

#SoftwareEngineering #SystemsThinking #TechExperience #Maintainability #EngineeringCulture #SoftwareDesign #LongTermThinking #ByernNotes

I’ve worked on systems newer than today’s trends and older than some of today’s developers.
The ones that survived were rarely the most elegant, fashionable, or exciting.

They were understandable.
They respected constraints.
They changed slowly and deliberately.

Most engineering problems are not solved by adding more layers.
They are solved by deciding which ones not to add.

#SoftwareEngineering #SystemsThinking #TechExperience #Maintainability #EngineeringCulture #SoftwareDesign #LongTermThinking #ByernNotes

I’ve worked on systems newer than today’s trends and older than some of today’s developers.
The ones that survived were rarely the most elegant, fashionable, or exciting.

They were understandable.
They respected constraints.
They changed slowly and deliberately.

Most engineering problems are not solved by adding more layers.
They are solved by deciding which ones not to add.

#SoftwareEngineering #SystemsThinking #TechExperience #Maintainability #EngineeringCulture #SoftwareDesign #LongTermThinking #ByernNotes

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What's your experience? How do you feel about developers being replaced by AI?

Read my latest #TechExperience using a #NoCode #AI tool to build a web app in one morning:

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What's your experience? How do you feel about developers being replaced by AI?

Read my latest #TechExperience using a #NoCode #AI tool to build a web app in one morning:

https://read.bebraver.online/how-i-wrote-a-web-app-in-one-morning-and-you-can-too/

What's your experience? How do you feel about developers being replaced by AI?

Read my latest #TechExperience using a #NoCode #AI tool to build a web app in one morning:

https://read.bebraver.online/how-i-wrote-a-web-app-in-one-morning-and-you-can-too/

What's your experience? How do you feel about developers being replaced by AI?