Lightning Talk: Rules for young programmers by Michał Moroz | Lambda Days 2023

In Michał's practice throughout the years, too often, young programmers (up to 10 years of experience) concentrate on implementation details of their language/framework of choice rather than on larger principles because that’s what they see in tutorials and in documentation most of the time. That results in a skewed perspective on programming.

Contrast that with the field of classical music, where students practice with tutors from the youngest years. A famous composer and pianist, Robert Schumann, wrote Rules for Young Musicians, presenting non-trivial observations students should pursue and discuss with their tutors.

In the talk, Michał Moroz proposes that we can improve our industry by adopting a similar perspective. This talk encourages everyone experienced to write down rules, discuss them with others and pass non-obvious knowledge in a form that a young programmer can explore with a more experienced programmer as a guide.

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