Re: Who the bloody eff still codes CABEQ in this century?!?!?!?

"RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 07/19/2017 06:03:25
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Re: Who the bloody eff still codes CABEQ in this century?!?!?!?

On 7/19/2017 3:48 PM, Charles Wilt wrote:

Code reviews and code standards are your friend.

I agree.

I don't think that I'm a good programmer because of code reviews, or
shop standards. I don't think I'm a good programmer because I know RPG.
I think I'm a good programmer because my path took me through places
where I was able to learn and use code in multiple languages, on
multiple platforms.

I don't think that many of us got that opportunity, and so remain in a
place where we're comfortable with the first thing we learnt, and it's
good enough that we aren't forced to do something different.

The Dreyfus model might be interesting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_model_of_skill_acquisition

Or perhaps the software-specific variant:
http://www.wayland-informatics.com/The%20Seven%20Stages%20of%
20Expertise%20in%20Software.htm


The only answer that I know of is to get a mentor (could be RPG
Summit?), set aside time to tutor, have the learner work on an actual
production project. With 100% management support. 'Yep, Alice's
project will be getting an extra month tacked on so she can learn about
XMLPARSE and integrate it'.

There may be other answers but my path hasn't taken me there. Yet.

--
--buck

Try wiki.midrange.com!

Good reads Buck. I printed out the wayland-informatics one and stuck in my
file. I might be able to pull it out and use it at a developer's meeting
sometime. The big challenge in a small shop is getting the first developer
to stage 6 (or even lower for that matter). Like you say, the RPG/DB2
Summit may be the best bet for the really small shops.

Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way International
www.TheWay.org