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The Local Minima Of Suckiness tl;dr: "No one becomes a good software engineer by themselves." Vicki believes that there are 3 things developers need in order to improve, each explained in detail: (1) The room to make mistakes. (2) Repeated exposure to best practices. (3) Understanding how to ask good questions, or learning how to learn.

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Why Is The Migration To Python 3 Taking So Long? tl;dr: (1) Large companies are proving the upgrade takes time, Dropbox has taken 3 years. (2) There are security concerns, especially in industries like healthcare. (3) Inertia, bugs are being found. 

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