New Programmer's Survival Manual

Tip 8

Review Code Early and Often

[​​Brown Belt] Your code may not be peer reviewed on day one, but expect it within the first several months.

Many programmers loathe, detest, and double-plus unlike code reviews, but there’s really no reason to hate them. In fact, experienced programmers look forward to code reviews​—we’ll see why shortly.

Person and Perspective

The reason so many code reviews go bad is because the programmer makes a connection between their code’s worth and their self-worth. When reviewers point out problems in the code, the programmer takes it as an insult and gets defensive, and things go downhill quickly.

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