Of course everybody approaches it differently and they can all work just fine.
I like to think of myself as a developer as an artisan: like a blacksmith or a cabinet maker.
I'm not an artist, I'm not building sonething that exoresses an idea or feeling but something that works. Of course that doesn't mean it can't be pretty, elegant or richly decorated, but it has to be a working item.
We all may have your own personal style but we're all working with the same basic techniques and it's important that they're compatible and reproducible.
We know where our materials come from and how they behave.
And we love our tools, sometimes building our own.
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
Yes, and that's because programming is a team sport, not a star system.
This is why the metaphor from Scrum makes much more sense :
A team of rugby players with different skills that shares a common goal, take hints from a coach, but otherwise self organise when it plays together on the field.
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Of course everybody approaches it differently and they can all work just fine.
I like to think of myself as a developer as an artisan: like a blacksmith or a cabinet maker.
I'm not an artist, I'm not building sonething that exoresses an idea or feeling but something that works. Of course that doesn't mean it can't be pretty, elegant or richly decorated, but it has to be a working item.
We all may have your own personal style but we're all working with the same basic techniques and it's important that they're compatible and reproducible.
We know where our materials come from and how they behave.
And we love our tools, sometimes building our own.
The only ones I strongly disagree with are "Guru" and "Rock Star".
They send out all the wrong messages for me.
Yes, and that's because programming is a team sport, not a star system.
This is why the metaphor from Scrum makes much more sense :
A team of rugby players with different skills that shares a common goal, take hints from a coach, but otherwise self organise when it plays together on the field.