Comments on: Recognizing Programmer Breeds http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/recognizing-programmer-breeds/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:10:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Josh http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/recognizing-programmer-breeds/comment-page-1/#comment-214623 Josh Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:42:47 +0000 http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/recognizing-programmer-breeds/#comment-214623 Thanks for the article! Update: The Apress.com link has been changed. I found the book chapter at <a href="http://www.apress.com/resource/bookfile/33" rel="nofollow">http://www.apress.com/resource/bookfile/33</a>. Thanks for the article!

Update: The Apress.com link has been changed. I found the book chapter at http://www.apress.com/resource/bookfile/33.

]]> By: breeds » Recognizing Programmer Breeds http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/recognizing-programmer-breeds/comment-page-1/#comment-4590 breeds » Recognizing Programmer Breeds Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:49:06 +0000 http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/recognizing-programmer-breeds/#comment-4590 [...] Original post by bgriswold [...] [...] Original post by bgriswold [...]

]]> By: Jon Rowett’s Workblog » Constructionist or Salad Chef? http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/recognizing-programmer-breeds/comment-page-1/#comment-3841 Jon Rowett’s Workblog » Constructionist or Salad Chef? Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:50:55 +0000 http://johnnycoder.com/blog/2007/01/29/recognizing-programmer-breeds/#comment-3841 [...] Herding Cats - A primer for programmers who lead programmers looks like a good book (via Johnny Coder. You can read one of the chapters, Recognising programmer breeds, for free here. I’ve tried to relate to some of the more positive programmer stereotypes described - I think "Constructionist" comes closest to my perception of what sort of coder I am - but somehow I can’t shake the suspicion that I’m really a "Salad Chef": A love of cooking up software reigns here. This breed consists of a bit of the engineer, the slob, and a not-so-gifted artist combined, but the ingredients are out of proportion. The result is a smorgasbord of coding styles and add-on components, and a general disorderliness of code. It might look appealing, but one bite and you know you’re going to die. [...] [...] Herding Cats – A primer for programmers who lead programmers looks like a good book (via Johnny Coder. You can read one of the chapters, Recognising programmer breeds, for free here. I’ve tried to relate to some of the more positive programmer stereotypes described – I think "Constructionist" comes closest to my perception of what sort of coder I am – but somehow I can’t shake the suspicion that I’m really a "Salad Chef": A love of cooking up software reigns here. This breed consists of a bit of the engineer, the slob, and a not-so-gifted artist combined, but the ingredients are out of proportion. The result is a smorgasbord of coding styles and add-on components, and a general disorderliness of code. It might look appealing, but one bite and you know you’re going to die. [...]

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