https://luminousmen.substack.com/p/drunk-post-things-ive-learned-as
Article
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Informal listicle of hard-won lessons from a senior data engineer.
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Covers algorithms, dynamic languages, TDD, and job market realities.
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Candid, unfiltered tone — written intentionally as a ‘drunk post’.
Discussion
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Agreement that algo interview trivia is broken vs other professions like pharmacy.
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Debate on dynamic languages: one commenter jokes ‘don’t build anything significant in them’.
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Light consensus: TDD-as-cult resonates; Agile/Scrum also called cultish.
Discuss on HN
