Tactical vs Strategic Programming, and why I'm nervous for juniors: Good programming involves a mix of tactical and strategic decision-making: - Tactical: on the ground, short-term. The soldier doing the fighting. - Strategic: high-view, long-term. The general planning the war. You need to be a tactician to write good code. To choose the right syntax. To figure out the file structure. To figure out how best to test your changes. But you need to be a strategist to build code that lasts. To…