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  • N NormDroid

    If I had a stab at my character I'd say Vince Neil, or the Paratrooper :-O

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    Peter Vertes
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    I'd say I'm a cross between the Ninja and the Theoretician. But I'm working on getting better to deal with people and trying not to "over-perfect" my code.

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      http://iheartdotnet.blogspot.com/2007/11/10-types-of-programmers-youll-encounter.html[^]

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      Marc Clifton
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      I don't have a beard down to my knees, but I'm working on it! And yes, you will see me in the winter with a cloak or cape, and yes I even have a staff. We all know about the hat. Marc

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      • D Dalek Dave

        number 11. The Wannabe Still learning, picking up snippets, hangs out with coders and talks the talk, can't yet walk the walk. Knows his limitations, tries hard not to look a fool, but sometimes caught out. There, another one for the list based upon your truly.:)

        ------------------------------------ Happy Primes Lead to Happy Memories. Don't Google FGI

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        Peter Vertes
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        That's how all of us started and believe it or we are all still learing day after day from someone else. Soon you will stop being #11 on the list (wannabe) and make it into the top 10. Just be careful which one you'll be :)

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        • P Peter Vertes

          http://iheartdotnet.blogspot.com/2007/11/10-types-of-programmers-youll-encounter.html[^]

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          FyreWyrm
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          Can you post the link to the original article? Your blog (actually blogspot.com) is blocked by my company's web filter.

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          • F FyreWyrm

            Can you post the link to the original article? Your blog (actually blogspot.com) is blocked by my company's web filter.

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            Peter Vertes
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            Sure thing. Here's the link: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=262[^]

            --- http://iheartdotnet.blogspot.com

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            • P Peter Vertes

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              El Corazon
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              hmmmm guess I have been around a lot more.... I have met a few more types: The duelist: Can only achieve when he is challenged in a race with someone else. great as long as you have competition from another company, but not good when he competes against your own team. The oracle: Everyone turns to him for questions. He seems to know everything, or knows where to find everything. Check his history logs, Google and CP get hit 100 times a day or more. Why no one else does this, he doesn't know. I've got a few more, but I will let the others add a few first. :laugh:

              _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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              • P Peter Vertes

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                PIEBALDconsult
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                I guess I didn't make the top ten. The closest might be "The Theoretician".

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  number 11. The Wannabe Still learning, picking up snippets, hangs out with coders and talks the talk, can't yet walk the walk. Knows his limitations, tries hard not to look a fool, but sometimes caught out. There, another one for the list based upon your truly.:)

                  ------------------------------------ Happy Primes Lead to Happy Memories. Don't Google FGI

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                  We kicked one of those out of our company a couple of months back... still cleaning up the mess :doh:

                  V. If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... And don't be late. (Jimi Hendrix)

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                  • P Peter Vertes

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                    Steve Echols
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                    As much as I want to be "the Ninja", I think I'm more like "the Theoretician".


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                      We kicked one of those out of our company a couple of months back... still cleaning up the mess :doh:

                      V. If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... And don't be late. (Jimi Hendrix)

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                      Dalek Dave
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                      I am clever enough not to do things I am unsure of. Better to ask and thought foolish than not ask and be thought a W###er!

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                      • E El Corazon

                        hmmmm guess I have been around a lot more.... I have met a few more types: The duelist: Can only achieve when he is challenged in a race with someone else. great as long as you have competition from another company, but not good when he competes against your own team. The oracle: Everyone turns to him for questions. He seems to know everything, or knows where to find everything. Check his history logs, Google and CP get hit 100 times a day or more. Why no one else does this, he doesn't know. I've got a few more, but I will let the others add a few first. :laugh:

                        _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                        NormDroid
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                        Here are 2 more to add to your list. The know it all. The guy who thinks he knows it all but actually he's the office bullshitter. The brown noser. Agrees with everything the Project manager says whether it be right or wrong.

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                        • P Peter Vertes

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                          Shawn J
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                          I'm equal amounts of Paratrooper, Ninja, and Theoretician.. and maybe a dash of Evangelist.

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                          • E El Corazon

                            hmmmm guess I have been around a lot more.... I have met a few more types: The duelist: Can only achieve when he is challenged in a race with someone else. great as long as you have competition from another company, but not good when he competes against your own team. The oracle: Everyone turns to him for questions. He seems to know everything, or knows where to find everything. Check his history logs, Google and CP get hit 100 times a day or more. Why no one else does this, he doesn't know. I've got a few more, but I will let the others add a few first. :laugh:

                            _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                            Brady Kelly
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                            El Corazon wrote:

                            The oracle: Everyone turns to him for questions. He seems to know everything, or knows where to find everything. Check his history logs, Google and CP get hit 100 times a day or more. Why no one else does this, he doesn't know.

                            Sounds close to home. :->

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                            • D Dalek Dave

                              I am clever enough not to do things I am unsure of. Better to ask and thought foolish than not ask and be thought a W###er!

                              ------------------------------------ Happy Primes Lead to Happy Memories. Don't Google FGI

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                              NormDroid
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                              Yes you are better off asking especially if you are a novice, I've seen complete novices either do 1 of 2 things sit at there desk pondering over something for days and the other extreme is going off and coding a complete pile of shit.

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                              • P Peter Vertes

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                                Brady Kelly
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                                It looks like I'm a Jekyll and Hyde type Theoretician and Code Cowboy.

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                                • P Peter Vertes

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                                  Shog9 0
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                                  I'd love to claim "Ninja", but the trail of collateral damage points to "Cowboy". :-O

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                                  • D Dalek Dave

                                    number 11. The Wannabe Still learning, picking up snippets, hangs out with coders and talks the talk, can't yet walk the walk. Knows his limitations, tries hard not to look a fool, but sometimes caught out. There, another one for the list based upon your truly.:)

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                                    Slacker007
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                                    Even though I make a living as programmer, I would have to agree with the Wannabe title. I am too damn humble to be anything else and I would get my ass kicked by all of the real programmers if they heard me speaking otherwise :) At least for me, if I start to get too cocky, then I fall right on my face and make an ass out of myself.

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                                      We kicked one of those out of our company a couple of months back... still cleaning up the mess :doh:

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                                      Slacker007
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                                      Maybe wannabe isn't a good title then. How about, noob. I think Noob is just fine.

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                                      • P Peter Vertes

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                                        Mircea Grelus
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                                        What's with the "56b" scattered between the text? Is that some new thing to identify steal?

                                        Cheers, Mircea "Pay people peanuts and you get monkeys" - David Ogilvy

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                                        • P Peter Vertes

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                                          Member 96
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                                          I'd say we have a ton of theoriticians and Evangelists around here.


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