Am I an idealist?
- by ereOn
This is not only a question, this is also a call for help.
Since I started my career as a programmer, I always tried to learn from my mistakes. I worked hard to learn best-practices and while I don't consider myself a C++ expert, I still believe I'm not a beginner either.
I was recently hired into a company for C++ development. There I was told that my way to work was "against the rules" and that I would have to change my mind.
Here are the topics I disagree with my hierarchy (their words):
"You should not use separate header files for your different classes. One big header file is both easier to read and faster to compile."
"Trying to use different headers is counter-productive : use the same super-set of headers everywhere, and enforce the use #pragma hdrstop to hasten compilation"
"You may not use Boost or any other library that uses nested directories to organize its files. Our build-machine doesn't work with nested directories. Moreover, you don't need Boost to create great software."
One might think I'm somehow exaggerated things, but the sad truth is that I didn't. That's their actual words.
I believe that having separate files enhance maintainability and code-correctness and can fasten compilation time by the use of the proper includes.
Have you been in a similar situation? What should I do? I feel like it's actually impossible for me to work that way and day after day, my frustration grows.
