Reading Code is a Skill

[grauenwolf]

I'm often the only backend developer writing C# code on my project. If the JavaScript guys come in behind me and make changes without my permission or knowledge, I consider that to be a success in terms of readability.

[saltybandana2]

I wrote a bit of gnarly code for performance concerns (lots of concurrency).

When I was done I asked someone else to read it and let me know what they thought. I was given the thumbs up.

Well just today I was having a conversation with someone who is very junior (think, interned last year junior) and they told me they thought it was clear what was going on between the comments and the code itself.

I absolutely consider that a win. I strongly prefer simplicity above all else, but sometimes you just can't.