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Re:The Two Cultures of Mathematics (2000) [pdf] by bluetomcat on Monday April 26, 2021 @04:38AM (#26940525)
Those 3 categories fall into the broader category of "enthusiastic programmers" which aren't the majority from my experience. Most people want to leave the office knowing that they have made some progress with their assigned work, knowing that they haven't screwed anything generally and being able to sleep at night.

The thing about being "enthusiastic" is that certain cultures and organizations wouldn't at all recognise it and an otherwise enthusiastic programmer can easily become a drudge when the business requirements are just some company-specific internal rules changing all the time.

Re:The Two Cultures of Mathematics (2000) [pdf] by eru on Monday April 26, 2021 @05:18AM (#26940712)
> [...] an otherwise enthusiastic programmer can easily become a drudge when the business requirements are just some company-specific internal rules changing all the time.

It's not even that: you can take company internal rule changes and make it 'fun'. Or at least as fun as anything else.

It's perhaps more the attitude of the organization. Both the wider organization and their software making department(s).