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[opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by netghost: 11:30pm On Aug 20, 2011 |
Positive indicators: Passionate about technology Programs as a hobby Will talk your ear off on a technical subject if encouraged Significant (and often numerous) personal side-projects over the years Learns new technologies on his/her own Opinionated about which technologies are better for various usages Very uncomfortable about the idea of working with a technology he doesn’t believe to be “right” Clearly smart, can have great conversations on a variety of topics Started programming long before university/work Has some hidden “icebergs”, large personal projects under the CV radar Knowledge of a large variety of unrelated technologies (may not be on CV) Negative indicators: Programming is a day job Don’t really want to “talk shop”, even when encouraged to Learns new technologies in company-sponsored courses Happy to work with whatever technology you’ve picked, “all technologies are good” Doesn’t seem too smart Started programming at university All programming experience is on the CV Focused mainly on one or two technology stacks (e.g. everything to do with developing a java application), with no experience outside of it http://inter-sections.net/2007/11/13/how-to-recognise-a-good-programmer/ WHAT DO YOU THINK? FEEL FREE TO MODIFY THE LIST |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by Thatdave(m): 3:55am On Aug 21, 2011 |
got to disagree with your negative indicators. Many nigerian programers bend towards open source techs eg. Php. Many started in d university, many of ur negatives dnt apply to nigerian programers |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by netghost: 10:48pm On Aug 21, 2011 |
Thatdave:yep, like to see a list of your negative indicators |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by Fayimora(m): 11:00pm On Aug 21, 2011 |
netghost: I strongly disagree with the above quoted ones! Not everybody likes talking even if paid. Not being able to work with other technologies cause you dnt believe them to be right is bad! You must be able to adapt. Programming before Uni? Really? Dnt have to say anything more cause its bullshit! Only a very confident programmer would put all his/her work on a cv. If you aint gat the balls then you aint gonna do it so it aint no negative indicator. Focussing on a line or 2 aint bad at all, its your goal. If you do something because you have to do it or because you wanna be taged "good", then your what I call BBIW. When it comes to Technology, you gotta do what you love, else your just the BBIW. |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by netghost: 12:11am On Aug 22, 2011 |
@Fayimora, whatz a BBIW?! |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by Fayimora(m): 2:05am On Aug 22, 2011 |
Biggest Bullshit In the World |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by candylips(m): 8:47am On Aug 22, 2011 |
a load of c.r.a.p |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by netghost: 9:26am On Aug 22, 2011 |
Fayimora:LOL candylips:HUH ?! |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by lagerwhenindoubt(m): 5:09pm On Aug 22, 2011 |
Hmmm let me see, I disagree but that is just me 1: I am self-taught, VB+.NET, ASP+.NET, Oracle+MSSQL, COREL+ADOBE, CROSSFIRE, AIR 2: Hate talking about the whiz and bangs of technology unless i designed it myself or plug-in-in into an existing project 3: Will rather talk your ear off with Philosophy and antagonize Religious folks 4: No personal tech projects - Only Commercial ones (only personal project is being an accomplished music producer) 5: If you think Tech as a Service then you don't need to place your beliefs on a few or just one almighty technology |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by netghost: 6:04pm On Aug 22, 2011 |
lagerwhenindoubt: nice, constructive, and the article ain't mine , i just shared it, with the hope that nairaland programmers will have other ideas |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by Afam4eva(m): 5:56pm On Nov 28, 2011 |
Crappy crap. |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by purplekayc(m): 6:49pm On Nov 28, 2011 |
Crappy crap. why dont you give us your own professional view?? |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by worldbest(m): 7:53pm On Nov 28, 2011 |
I agree with this article big time. |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by FEMARY1: 8:42pm On Nov 28, 2011 |
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Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by Nobody: 8:51pm On Nov 28, 2011 |
Different strokes for different folks. Someone just airing his opinions. |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by canadaik(m): 9:10pm On Nov 28, 2011 |
Started programming at university i think i am going to disagree with that point, sometimes you need to be exposed to varieties of things you did not have the chance to experience befor you find your one true love i think there is a funny one i would love to add: types an average of 30 words per minute! |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by fxpro1: 9:25pm On Nov 28, 2011 |
netghost:+100. Beaf, ekt_bear ,omo_to_dun etc are examples on here. |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by BCuZiMBlaCk(m): 9:36pm On Nov 28, 2011 |
Mmmmm |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by moderatorr: 11:11pm On Nov 28, 2011 |
NEGATIVE INDICATORS believes in already made CMSes like wordpress,zencart etc |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by dastudent(m): 9:52am On Nov 29, 2011 |
Did you guys know that one of apple 's iOS jailbreakers is an Egyptian surgeon ? |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by Nobody: 10:26am On Nov 29, 2011 |
100% agree At least relevant in my case. |
Re: [opinion] How To Recognise A Good Programmer by IbroSaunks(m): 4:07pm On Nov 29, 2011 |
Ummmm, I started in uni , does that make me a bad programmer?, |
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