Opinions after a decade of professional software engineering

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2024-09-02 01:30:02

I recently came across an article by Chris Kiehl on topics they've changed their mind about after 6 years in the industry. It's an interesting article because it shows that opinions can change over time and that it's actually okay to change your mind!

I wanted to share a similar post - here's some of my opinions that have formed, changed, and stayed the same over the last 10+ years of my professional software engineering career.

I started programming when I was very young, so by the time I'd entered the industry I already had a lot of opinions about software. Those changed a lot after a decade- here's some opinions that I have now that would be at odds with my younger self:

At this point in my career I have a hard time holding any really strong technical opinions, but I have a few strong opinions about the industry and practice of software engineering.