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Spaces vs. Tabs: The Surprising Impact on Programmer Salaries

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/tabs-vs-spaces-the-nail-in-the-coffin-for-a-heated-debate-63098f813596

> How a Simple Formatting Decision Can Reflect on Your Paycheck

The article full body is behind a #paywall. I suspect that the real reason behind this surprising difference is the programing language

Spaces vs. Tabs: The Surprising Impact on Programmer Salaries

I just watched Silicon Valley season 3, episode 6, where Richard Hendrix breaks up with his programmer girlfriend because she uses spaces over tabs. I’m not a serious enough programmer to have a…
Oscar Leo (Level Up Coding)
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in reply to Paolo Redaelli

Mike Telahun
Mike Telahun
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I suspect the correlation is in the opposite direction: lower paid programmers are less experienced and use a mixture of spaces and tabs while higher paid programmers are more experienced and adhere to coding guidelines that usually specify using spaces for tabs.

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