I think the article was accurate with one exception. The author lists 'Programs as a hobby' as a positive indicator for a good programmer.
This might be true of younger programmers, but I have observed that many programmers gradually differentiate their spare time activities from their work activities. The best programmer that I know does not live and breathe code outside of work, but DOES use his engineering inclinations to mess with cars and audio equipment. If I were hiring a programmer, I would be far more interested in whether they have an engineering mindset than whether they write code in their spare time. -----Original Message----- From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:12 AM To: CF-Community Subject: How to recognize a good programmer Sean posted this to his blog, but I was wondering how many of you read it and agree with it. http://www.inter-sections.net/2007/11/13/how-to-recognise-a-good-programmer/ I work with a guy who is exactly opposite of this list while I match up with quite a bit of it. That may sound like I'm tooting my own horn, but I've become the goto guy for any kind of programming question in my company. Heck, the other guy is the "VB" guy, but I still field all the macro questions and vb scripting questions! I don't necessarily know if matching all these criteria make me a "good" programmer, but programming is something I've known I've wanted to do since my first VIC-20 at the tender age of 11. It frustrates me a lot of times to see the crap code this other guy puts out, but on the other hand, it's seems to be what business wants. "Does it work? Great, ship it!" seems to be the motto. I on the other hand battle with the urge to make the code more sleek, beautiful, etc before it ships.....sometimes to the point where I miss deadlines. -- "Instead of building newer and larger weapons of mass destruction, I think mankind should try to get more use out of the ones we have.", Jack Handey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250705 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
