Secrets to Succeeding as a New Software Engineer: Why Documentation is Your Secret Weapon
Congratulations, you've landed your first job as a software engineer! Now what? As a new hire, you may be wondering how you can make a valuable contribution to your team. The secret to success lies in mastering the art of documentation, especially du...
marciac95.hashnode.dev3 min read
Good job! As a swe with more than 25 years of experience, I am dumbfounded at how many companies and experienced swe equate Agile with “no documentation”.
One of the worst examples right now seem to be GitHub open source projects which is self-defeating since the lack of documentation for new developers will only make good swe give up and go elsewhere to donate their services, leaving those who do contribute being the less or no experienced developers without any knowledge of how software engineering is really done (SWEBOK).
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