Re:Ask HN: What makes a programmer a rockstar?
by Terr_ on Sunday February 15, 2015 @08:39PM
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The exact same thing as with musicians and vocalists: Fame.
It seldom matters how it was acquired, or what you believe about the intrinsic or marginal value of their work... At a minimum it is self-referential: They're famous because they're famous because...
Trying to attach virtues to programmer-fame is just as pointless as trying to do it with musicians. Do you really want a programming-version of Justin Bieber working on your codebase? Why or why not?
It seldom matters how it was acquired, or what you believe about the intrinsic or marginal value of their work... At a minimum it is self-referential: They're famous because they're famous because...
Trying to attach virtues to programmer-fame is just as pointless as trying to do it with musicians. Do you really want a programming-version of Justin Bieber working on your codebase? Why or why not?