Re:The Cost of Net Negative Producing Programmers
by DanielBMarkham on Tuesday January 06, 2009 @12:10PM
(#422117)
"...But, truthfully, I'm not saying anything really new..."
Been better if he said that in the first sentence, instead of 2/3 down the page.
I took the article to mean "I used to have all of these trivially constructed boxes and simple ideas for how things work. Then I got wiser and now I have a new set of trivally constructed boxes and simple ideas for how things work. Only now I get to blog about them"
The market exists and rewards code that is sub-standard by our judgment. Everybody's code but yours is crap -- you learn that the first time you manage more than 2 people. Your own code is crap too -- you just don't realize it until you look at it a year or two down the road. (If you don't realize it, you've got ego problems)
So instead of simpleton boxes for programmers, how about dealing with each person on an individual level. Nobody goes in to work each day thinking "Boy! I hope I can screw things up royally today!" Or least most folks don't. Work with people as a partner and mentor, don't label them, 'cause if you're sitting around labeling people, you can bet they have some interesting labels for you too.
Been better if he said that in the first sentence, instead of 2/3 down the page.
I took the article to mean "I used to have all of these trivially constructed boxes and simple ideas for how things work. Then I got wiser and now I have a new set of trivally constructed boxes and simple ideas for how things work. Only now I get to blog about them"
The market exists and rewards code that is sub-standard by our judgment. Everybody's code but yours is crap -- you learn that the first time you manage more than 2 people. Your own code is crap too -- you just don't realize it until you look at it a year or two down the road. (If you don't realize it, you've got ego problems)
So instead of simpleton boxes for programmers, how about dealing with each person on an individual level. Nobody goes in to work each day thinking "Boy! I hope I can screw things up royally today!" Or least most folks don't. Work with people as a partner and mentor, don't label them, 'cause if you're sitting around labeling people, you can bet they have some interesting labels for you too.