The proof is in the code. That is all.

Re:The proof is in the code. That is all. by dagw on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @05:41AM (#1594292)

Missing the obvious point that an asshole programmer can and will have a negative effect on the productivity of everybody else in the company and quite possibly make many of your other good programmers quit.

Missing the second obvious point that if you hire an asshole you end up having to (try to) manage an asshole. Assholes, almost per definition, don't take orders well and at the end of the day it doesn't matter how awesome a programmer he is if he isn't programming on what you need him to program on.

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Re:The proof is in the code. That is all. by AmberShah on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @01:38PM (#1595377)

And everyone who's ever said that skill isn't everything, you need people skills is missing the much more important point that without good coders, you have 0% of building good software. The friendly, super-competent coder is the golden ticket, but barring that, the asshole programmer is your second best shot.

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Re:The proof is in the code. That is all. by dagw on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @03:10PM (#1595697)

I disagree. A team of good but not great coders who work well together will probably produce better code in the long run than a team with a great asshole programmers who poisons the team.

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Re:The proof is in the code. That is all. by AmberShah on Thursday August 12, 2010 @12:34PM (#1598510)

We might just be quibbling over good vs great, but the number of professional programmers producing code out in the real world that can't write a simple fizzbuzz method is astounding.

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Re:The proof is in the code. That is all. by dmoney on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @07:23PM (#1596565)

There could be a business opportunity in interfacing between asshole genius programmers and normal people. I wouldn't want to be that person though.

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