Use Other People’s wheels when possible…
Week #1
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ALWAYS look for a wheel before you invent it.
I work at a software company called “Infusionsoft”. We write this kickbutt marketing software. One of our Software Engineer III’s (that’s the highest). Criticizes anyone anytime they invent something that already exists in our code. He is like a walking Google of existing code.
This is a rule that applies across all programming languages and other aspects of life. If someone else has done it, see if you can either use what they did, or learn from it. Don’t feel bad if you re-invent a few wheels along the way. Sometimes it is easier to just write your own rather then spend hours pouring through searches for someone elses.
