Ask HN: Is success related to the programming skill?
I see extremely skilled programmers around and others that are not <i>brilliant</i> or even <i>bad</i> judging by <i>silly</i> programming mistakes. I would like to know if you think that code quality is related to a product's succes in early stages.<p>Thanks
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There are ways to turn programming skill into professional/career/product success, but it is neither necessary nor sufficient for professional/career/product success.
For the most part, code quality does not matter once it exceeds a certain minimum value where the end users won't see obvious problems while using the system. Where poor quality will kill you is maintenance costs and effort over the longer term.
Not even close.
The success of the product is way more related to it's market fit, timing and business related things.
Many of the big software products today started out with very messy code. Check facebook old source code as an example.
The success of the product is way more related to it's market fit, timing and business related things.
Many of the big software products today started out with very messy code. Check facebook old source code as an example.