Five things old programmers should remember
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I remember five things from Binary Digits 101 - does that count?
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Number Six: Remember that the younger the developer you're interacting with, the more likely they are driven by ego more so that idealism. This isn't a bad thing, rather part of the learning process, but one must talk differently when reviewing code or pointing out weaknesses in order to compensate for the ego barrier you've long since overcome. Something a forty year old peer would consider a good suggestion, a youngster might take as a challenge, a threat or an insult. At least for me, I found life much easier after adopting this rule. I've been offered the management track many times, but I like tinkering with code, new code, strange code, any code, and as I age but young developers are still young developers, I've had to adapt by remembering the ego-maniac I used to be. :rolleyes:
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Number Six: Remember that the younger the developer you're interacting with, the more likely they are driven by ego more so that idealism. This isn't a bad thing, rather part of the learning process, but one must talk differently when reviewing code or pointing out weaknesses in order to compensate for the ego barrier you've long since overcome. Something a forty year old peer would consider a good suggestion, a youngster might take as a challenge, a threat or an insult. At least for me, I found life much easier after adopting this rule. I've been offered the management track many times, but I like tinkering with code, new code, strange code, any code, and as I age but young developers are still young developers, I've had to adapt by remembering the ego-maniac I used to be. :rolleyes:
I struggle with the ego-maniac myself except not so young anymore.
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What I want to know is, how do you pronounce his last name? Marc
Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project!
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Great article - thanks for posting the link here. This is a great line: "Today, software is more like an extreme sport." Just imagine if everyone who took up programming also took up wingsuit flying. Wait a second... That could actually solve a lot of problems.