Jim H
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Jim H
@jhodapp.bsky.social
I'm a software engineering coach helping engineers and technical leaders level up.

Feel free to reach out if you're interested in seeing if I can help you achieve your tech career goals and solve your most pressing career problems.
Reposted by Jim H
When to use comments?

Explaining what the code does? ❌
Explaining a non-obvious design decision? ✅

👇 Example below:

💡 Good comments save devs:
✅ Processing time
✅ From breaking subtle logic by "cleaning up" code

Comment or not to comment—what’s your take? 🤔👇
March 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reposted by Jim H
Tech compensation is trimodal: meaning a software eng can make 2-4x the compensation, depending on what company they work at.

Today, we validate this theory with more data points than ever: 20,000+, coming from Levels.fyi

You don't want to miss this: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/trimodal
March 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM