I saw different reasons for blind following best practices. For some engineers it's perfectionism. For others it's the fear not to "be in trend". Former ones over the time usually develop habit to "find the root" and stop using anything blindly. Latter ones don't need that, "be in trend" is enough to pass interview and get the job.
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I saw different reasons for blind following best practices. For some engineers it's perfectionism. For others it's the fear not to "be in trend". Former ones over the time usually develop habit to "find the root" and stop using anything blindly. Latter ones don't need that, "be in trend" is enough to pass interview and get the job.