dreistdreist
Joined 10 years ago
Joined 10 years ago
Agencies and fresh startups often optimize for speed, not maintainability. But there are plenty of companies that optimize for maintainability, you just have to look for them.
Mentions of code reviews, automatic tests, SOLID, DDD etc are usually good signs.
A worldwide index fund from Vanguard is all you need if you want to own the whole market. Optionally add a few bonds to reduce volatility.
Yeah there is quite a bit of legacy code still there (the application is over a decade old), but all the new OOP code is nice to work with and we are getting rid of the old one slowly over time.
You don't have to use a framework, just use one of the many composer packages available like Twig for example...
Have you tried talking to business owners to see if they have problems that can be solved with software? Being good with computers and able to program is a really large advantage if most people around you are not in that position.
It is not physicially possible to gain weight when you have a caloric deficit. Where would it even come from?
- Clean Code
- Code Complete 2
- The Pragmatic Programmer
- Professional PHP
- Effective Java
- Domain Driven Design Distilled