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100% agree in theory and in practice. However, I work in an enterprise where my boss^4 recently told a Global Town Hall meeting that reducing risk is our #1 priority. Now, I'm experienced enough to understand that properly breaking things in development reduces the risk of improperly breaking things in production. But how do we keep junior developers from responding to the risk reduction imperative by shitting their pants any time something (that they didn't even check in) doesn't compile?
Don't Be Afraid to Break Stuff
One warning sign I look for when working with other developers is fear of breaking the code. The absolute worst systems I've worked on are the ones where the developers practically tiptoe around the source code. The main problem with fear of breaking the code is the implicit assumption that an...
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