On 10/13/2011 8:54 PM, Dave Aronson wrote:
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:28, Michael Reiland
<[email protected]> wrote:
I think the idea that rails needs extra smart programmers is a bit silly.
It's a bit like a blog author who tells his audience they're in the top
echelon simply by reading his or her blog.
A while back, some programming blog (Coding Horror, maybe?) said that
its audience was the cream of the programming crop... because they
read *ANY* blogs, not necessarily that one. There are an awful lot of
programmers out there who only treat it as a day-job, not bothering to
keep their skills modern and sharp by reading blogs, listening to
podcasts, participating in email lists (hey, looky what I'm doin'!),
let alone writing their own blogs... and programming in their spare
time is Right Out. And not only are there an awful lot of programmers
like that, a lot of them are probably awful programmers! ;-)
-Dave (blog reader, podcast listener, email participator, AND blog
writer, times two!)
I'm not sure I understand the claim that reading blogs keeps your skills
"modern and sharp". I would think practicing your craft would have more
of an effect on that then reading someone's opinion about something.
Personally, I consider this "programmer guy who ignores the outside
world" a strawman. I've never met one, but I have met a lot of folks
whose values and goals as developers differ. Some whose skills are
incidental to what they do, some whose skills are better than others.
But never a programmer who was so completely out of touch with the
outside world that they had no idea about the major movements in our
industry.
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