Share this page!

Rusiim Shabazz { design(); refactor(); } Profile picture
Twitter logo
17 Oct, 6 tweets, 2 min read
switching from management roles to individual contributor roles and still making the same if not more bread is a slept on power move
moral of the story if/when the toxicity and burnout gets to be to much - make lateral moves
with the quickness #manifesto
i took a full year off ending close to this time last year. top 3 best career moves i ever made. it was after a decade straight, the last half just becoming increasingly toxic.

and managing just added to the load. mentioned it recently here
the experience was valuable tho. i feel like i walked away from the battles i fought against toxic middle and upper management who moved like zombies from the walking dead, with better self awareness and control. and intuition
meh. in any case in a much much better place career-wise now. God is good. #APIDTA. Jah Bless 🙏🏾 ... to anybody in a toxic environment - hol ya head. and make a lateral move asap

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Rusiim Shabazz { design(); refactor(); }

Rusiim Shabazz { design(); refactor(); } Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @refactorfiend

Rusiim Shabazz { design(); refactor(); } Profile picture
18 Oct
Domain Driven Design (DDD) made plain broke down to the bone gristle. cus i need that science to level up my code, but miss me with all the stuffy acronyms and jargon. 🧵
domain

- the actual problem
- what we're trying to solve with the code for the user
- the set of problems that the users ask the developers to solve
- the subject matter
domain driven

- problem focused
- to stay focused on the actual problem
Read 28 tweets
Rusiim Shabazz { design(); refactor(); } Profile picture
30 Sep
How do y'all like to ramp up on new tech?

🧵
For me, when the need for a new language, library, framework, shiny thing, etc pops up - i find that i usually take the same general steps

and the 7-bullet list i jotted down in my notes became this thread:
1. pick a language, any language. or framework, library etc.

no tech is perfect. don't sweat it the choice too much. they all have pros and cons - but do try to pick one that has good community adoption so you can get help when you run into blockers
Read 13 tweets
Rusiim Shabazz { design(); refactor(); } Profile picture
30 Sep
re: adding code comments with respect to the single responsibility principle

As a #selfDocumentingCode fanatic, I do appreciate that some kinds of comments go a long way:

1/3
One comment/ blurb (1-3 lines):

- at the top of a class about the single responsibility of the class

- in the project readme/wiki about the single responsibility of the application

2/3
Some benefits:

- helps keep the class/application at the appropriate size

- helps make the class/application be easier to understand/work-with

3/3
Read 4 tweets
Rusiim Shabazz { design(); refactor(); } Profile picture
30 Sep
phrases never (before tonight) heard in a #PresidentialDebate

"shut up man"
"do you understand what this clown is doing"
"shush for a minute"
"lemme shut you down for a second"
"he's a fool"
"nobody cares"

I feel some more coming on
"you're the worst president evarr"
Read 4 tweets
Rusiim Shabazz { design(); refactor(); } Profile picture
28 Sep
"Always implement things when you actually need them,
never when you just foresee that you need them." - Ron Jeffries

i feel attacked 🙄

(over-abstraction is one of my guilty pleasures) 😅
like, sometimes i'll take that advice to "code to the interface" to the extreme, just cus i can, and i'll make everything an interface. what you can do with polymorphism and dependency injection is fun ...
but man is it an over-abstraction time suck when trying to just focus on "keeping it simple" KISS minimum viable product. gotta draw the line somewhere and make concrete classes and move forward ...
Read 4 tweets
Rusiim Shabazz { design(); refactor(); } Profile picture
26 Sep
imho, the senior / junior comparison is moot

but questions like this are asked a lot in the community, and i challenge myself on it:

Q: what is really the edge i would give *myself* over the junior developer, 10 yrs ago, version *myself* ?
A: i have more humility as a "senior" about what i might not know, more awareness of what might be my own blind spots

and not by any moral virtue over my junior self

i've just been bitten enough times by being "sure" of something, only to be proved wrong
humility and awareness opens me up to different ways of doing things. different possibilities. and at the end of the day, generally speaking - better, more useful code, designs, and skills
Read 9 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get email notifications when new thread is out from this Author!

Check out other threads from this Author!

Read all threads by @refactorfiend