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Re:Are You The Best Developer In The World? by jacquesm on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @09:13AM (#741140)
Emphatically: NO. I'm definitely not the best developer in the world, I've met 18 year old kids that could literally run rings around me.

But being 'best' in anything is not the criterium. Only one person can be 'best' at anything. But to put the whole workload of the world on the shoulders of that 'best' person is not feasible. So everybody contributes to their ability. And we try to learn as much as we can from the best.

Re:Are You The Best Developer In The World? by askorkin on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @09:29AM (#741161)
Agreed, but also we not only try to learn from the best, but also try to teach what we know to those who know less.
Re:Are You The Best Developer In The World? by wynand on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @09:35AM (#741171)
As someone who's been at the receiving end of attempted teaching sessions (which occured because the self-appointed teachers overestimated their own knowledge, underestimated mine and never bothered finding out what I knew), I can only say that the best programmers do not try to teach, but will gladly share what they know when asked.
Re:Are You The Best Developer In The World? by jacquesm on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @09:38AM (#741175)
That's very true, consider that a beta release bug ;)

So how about: "And we try to learn as much as we can from the best and from each other." ?

Re:Are You The Best Developer In The World? by askorkin on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @09:47AM (#741188)
That's what I meant, (I guess I didn't express myself very well)