Hi Dick, I like your Courage analogy. My Diabolical Developer talk at Devoxx was very much in the same vein, although hidden behind a wall of UK/NZ irony and sarcasm. Thinking for yourself and not blindly trusting the 'Giants' in our industry is something I think many in our industry could do more of.
As I say to my audience: "Those who can't code, teach, those who can't teach write books, those who don't finish their books, speak at conferences" OK, that's a little untruthful, so really what I'm saying is: "If I'm speaking at a number of conferences, writing a book & running mentoring/training courses then how much of my time am I really spending coding? So you should take what I say with a grain of salt, instead maybe you should listen to the developer sitting next to you who's hacking on some code on their laptop right now." Cheers, Martijn 2011/11/23 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>: > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Dick Wall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The core messages behind that talk are that people should care less about >> what "celebrities" think, and should do more thinking for themselves > > <digression> > I just can't help but chuckle at the idea that you made this point standing > on a stage at a conference. A particular scene from "The Life of Brian" > comes to mind :-) > </digression> > -- > Cédric > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
