How to teach an unwilling coworker better coding practices

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I have a coworker who is a bit older than me and doesn't follow good coding practices. His coding style is like the wild west - no [encapsulation](I already tried talking and yelling and teaching. ), no reviews (aka run from them, commit on master...). His opinion is that you don't need to encapsulate or make the code more readable, since he can read it just fine.



I already tried talking and yelling and teaching him. Any suggestions on how I can get him to change his coding practice?






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  • Do you directly work on the same pieces of code?
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    Are you his manager? Just because someone codes in a way you don't like doesn't mean they have to change their ways unless it is agreed upon by everyone there.
    – Dan
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  • Answers [workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/74388/… : might give you a hint. The way I was taught is by coercion: your code doesnt make it to master if your PEP-8 (python coding standard) is not clear. My reviewer didn't even care if it compiled as long as it wasn't following the formatting standards.
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I have a coworker who is a bit older than me and doesn't follow good coding practices. His coding style is like the wild west - no [encapsulation](I already tried talking and yelling and teaching. ), no reviews (aka run from them, commit on master...). His opinion is that you don't need to encapsulate or make the code more readable, since he can read it just fine.



I already tried talking and yelling and teaching him. Any suggestions on how I can get him to change his coding practice?






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  • Do you directly work on the same pieces of code?
    – Twyxz
    12 mins ago






  • 2




    Are you his manager? Just because someone codes in a way you don't like doesn't mean they have to change their ways unless it is agreed upon by everyone there.
    – Dan
    10 mins ago










  • Answers [workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/74388/… : might give you a hint. The way I was taught is by coercion: your code doesnt make it to master if your PEP-8 (python coding standard) is not clear. My reviewer didn't even care if it compiled as long as it wasn't following the formatting standards.
    – BoboDarph
    52 secs ago













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I have a coworker who is a bit older than me and doesn't follow good coding practices. His coding style is like the wild west - no [encapsulation](I already tried talking and yelling and teaching. ), no reviews (aka run from them, commit on master...). His opinion is that you don't need to encapsulate or make the code more readable, since he can read it just fine.



I already tried talking and yelling and teaching him. Any suggestions on how I can get him to change his coding practice?






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I have a coworker who is a bit older than me and doesn't follow good coding practices. His coding style is like the wild west - no [encapsulation](I already tried talking and yelling and teaching. ), no reviews (aka run from them, commit on master...). His opinion is that you don't need to encapsulate or make the code more readable, since he can read it just fine.



I already tried talking and yelling and teaching him. Any suggestions on how I can get him to change his coding practice?






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  • Do you directly work on the same pieces of code?
    – Twyxz
    12 mins ago






  • 2




    Are you his manager? Just because someone codes in a way you don't like doesn't mean they have to change their ways unless it is agreed upon by everyone there.
    – Dan
    10 mins ago










  • Answers [workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/74388/… : might give you a hint. The way I was taught is by coercion: your code doesnt make it to master if your PEP-8 (python coding standard) is not clear. My reviewer didn't even care if it compiled as long as it wasn't following the formatting standards.
    – BoboDarph
    52 secs ago

















  • Do you directly work on the same pieces of code?
    – Twyxz
    12 mins ago






  • 2




    Are you his manager? Just because someone codes in a way you don't like doesn't mean they have to change their ways unless it is agreed upon by everyone there.
    – Dan
    10 mins ago










  • Answers [workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/74388/… : might give you a hint. The way I was taught is by coercion: your code doesnt make it to master if your PEP-8 (python coding standard) is not clear. My reviewer didn't even care if it compiled as long as it wasn't following the formatting standards.
    – BoboDarph
    52 secs ago
















Do you directly work on the same pieces of code?
– Twyxz
12 mins ago




Do you directly work on the same pieces of code?
– Twyxz
12 mins ago




2




2




Are you his manager? Just because someone codes in a way you don't like doesn't mean they have to change their ways unless it is agreed upon by everyone there.
– Dan
10 mins ago




Are you his manager? Just because someone codes in a way you don't like doesn't mean they have to change their ways unless it is agreed upon by everyone there.
– Dan
10 mins ago












Answers [workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/74388/… : might give you a hint. The way I was taught is by coercion: your code doesnt make it to master if your PEP-8 (python coding standard) is not clear. My reviewer didn't even care if it compiled as long as it wasn't following the formatting standards.
– BoboDarph
52 secs ago





Answers [workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/74388/… : might give you a hint. The way I was taught is by coercion: your code doesnt make it to master if your PEP-8 (python coding standard) is not clear. My reviewer didn't even care if it compiled as long as it wasn't following the formatting standards.
– BoboDarph
52 secs ago
















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