Re:Are You The Best Developer In The World?
by askorkin on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @09:29AM
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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.
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.
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.