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Comment on What Makes a Great Developer?

2008-05-08T16:38:54+01:00

Comment by DazzleCat ( http://www.dazzlecat.co.uk )

im lazy also haha :-)

Comment on What Makes a Great Developer?

2008-05-05T07:17:34+01:00

Comment by Dan ( http://www.danstephenson.ca )

This is quite an interesting article.

I agree with most of your ideas, and realize that I can often be heard saying those same things during a project.

Comment on What Makes a Great Developer?

2008-05-04T23:40:02+01:00

Comment by Marc Grundfest ( http:// )

Well I agree.

I wonder how many managers would.

In fact I would think that great developers have little chance of surviving-- which may explain why the best software is open source and the worst is in house, with closed source commerial somewhere in between.

In my experience anyone exhibiting these behavoirs in a corporate setting is likely to be out of work soon enough.

Consider imvain2 's comments

He, I think it is a he based on the comment about women. wants realists -- I think we can all agree that a realist is someone you agree with-- but that is that last thing you want on a software team-- you want differing views and you want pesrons with the guts to speak there minds.
Management of course wants anything but honest feedback and differing viewpoints-- they want team players -read conformists.

Now I can not say why imvain

says
When speaking with pessimists, all they can ever say is "Nope that won't work", or "that isn't right". Then when I ask them why, 95% of the time their answer is to the tone of "it just isn't", or "just because".

But it is possible that they have concluded that they would be wasting their breath. Of course they could also be a--holes as well, but if you ask why and the then ingore the answer then you will soon be getting "because'' as an answer.

Not knowing the details I can not say.

Comment on What Makes a Great Developer?

2008-05-04T17:40:31+01:00

Comment by Christoph ( http://learn2fish.de )

I like the analogy to Gergory House.

Comment on What Makes a Great Developer?

2008-05-03T08:32:56+01:00

Comment by Ethan ( )

According to this, I should be a developer. Damn, better change my major.

Comment on What Makes a Great Developer?

2008-05-02T12:14:19+01:00

Comment by Tim Lafever Jr. ( http://timlafever.com )

Great article. I am definitely pessimistic about everything I do and take a lot of criticism from some over it. Although you should feel comfortable with your code, there is really no reason not to be this way. For one main reason: Nothing is 100% secure.

Comment on What Makes a Great Developer?

2008-05-02T11:46:03+01:00

Comment by Channi Singh ( )

This is Wicked! I've found myself to be all of the above! I've just graduated and it's nice to know that I'm on the road to becoming a "Great Developer!"

P.S. I totally love your Cheat Sheets.

Thanx!

Comment on What Makes a Great Developer?

2008-04-30T20:11:14+01:00

Comment by Ruben Zevallos Jr. ( http://www.direito2.com.br )

I have to agree with you... I´m a bit of all that you said...

Comment on What Makes a Great Developer?

2008-04-30T16:57:28+01:00

Comment by swampsparrow ( http:// )

Well done. But there's a bit more to 'curious'. It occurs when testing a system and a minor glitch occurs and is noted. These occurrences must spark an urgency, bordering on obsession to find at all costs what caused them. The reason for anything that you cannot explain that happens when your program runs *must* be found and either rationalized or fixed.
It is usually these very 'glitches' that are exploited by
'hackers' but mostly they result in receiving a phone call in the middle of the night from a user who reports ---It just stopped working --- the constant dread of a developer.

Comment on What Makes a Great Developer?

2008-04-30T16:09:11+01:00

Comment by ILLAHI ( http://illahi )

Very tactful explaination regarding "great developer"