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ALT // 🚩 Watch out - easy to pass args in wrong order function saveUser(name: string, email: string) { // code here } // 🐞 Bug: params in wrong order saveUser("[email protected]", "Cory") // ----------------------------------------------- // Accepts object instead function saveUser(user: User) { // code here } // ✅ Now I'm less likely to mess up the order. saveUser({ name: "Cory", email: "[email protected]" })
ALT A lot of engineers underestimate the importance of people skills. They start learning programming and the assumption is that they will just code all day and there is not going to be any need to talk with anyone. The reality is different. Engineering is one of the most collaborative fields out there. It’s all about good collaboration, alignment, teamwork and helping each other.
ALT screencap of @paulg Nov 16 2022 tweet thread: It's remarkable how many people who've never run any kind of company think they know how to run a tech company better than someone who's run Tesla and SpaceX. In both those companies, people die if the software doesn't work right. Do you really think he's not up to managing a social network?
ALT screencap of @paulg tweet from jul 1, 2023: Surely someone who can figure out how to build spaceships can figure out how to distinguish scrapers from legit users. The patterns must be so different.