Comments on: The three types of programmers http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/ Software development with a focus on web-related technologies Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Nurul Ferdous http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/comment-page-1/#comment-41359 Nurul Ferdous Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:19:36 +0000 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/#comment-41359 Nice and real world separation among the programmers. Keep writing :) Nice and real world separation among the programmers. Keep writing :)

]]> By: Hari K T http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/comment-page-1/#comment-41334 Hari K T Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:58:13 +0000 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/#comment-41334 Yes Jani you are right . Great articles . Keep going . Good Luck . Yes Jani you are right .
Great articles . Keep going .
Good Luck .

]]> By: Nio’s Weblog » 三种类型的程序员 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/comment-page-1/#comment-40847 Nio’s Weblog » 三种类型的程序员 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:33:31 +0000 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/#comment-40847 [...] The three types of programmers The other day I was thinking of programmer types. In a way, I think there are three kinds of programmers when looking at a high level: [...] [...] The three types of programmers The other day I was thinking of programmer types. In a way, I think there are three kinds of programmers when looking at a high level: [...]

]]> By: andre http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/comment-page-1/#comment-40840 andre Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:26:55 +0000 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/#comment-40840 I like K's approach, at first I thought it was too simplistic, but really that's it right there. Looking around at programmers I've known it's generally like that. I like K’s approach, at first I thought it was too simplistic, but really that’s it right there.

Looking around at programmers I’ve known it’s generally like that.

]]> By: Jani Hartikainen http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/comment-page-1/#comment-40839 Jani Hartikainen Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:10:06 +0000 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/#comment-40839 The link to Steve Yegge's post by the anonymous commenter is great stuff. (http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/06/done-and-gets-things-smart.html).. Too bad Steve typically writes awfully long and rambling posts =) K, nice idea with the coder/developer grouping, I think that might be useful for some things The link to Steve Yegge’s post by the anonymous commenter is great stuff. (http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/06/done-and-gets-things-smart.html).. Too bad Steve typically writes awfully long and rambling posts =)

K, nice idea with the coder/developer grouping, I think that might be useful for some things

]]> By: K http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/comment-page-1/#comment-40811 K Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:29:31 +0000 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/#comment-40811 As somebody who's responsible for hiring programmers, I categorize people into two camps, they're either a Coder or a Developer. A Coder will simply code, they're production line monkey's, will follow a plan without having a full understanding or appreciation of the problem they're trying to solve. A developer on the other hand, will produce quality code, ensure they have a full understanding of a problem, will question plans and ensure they meet the requirements to address the problem they're trying to solve. As somebody who’s responsible for hiring programmers, I categorize people into two camps, they’re either a Coder or a Developer.

A Coder will simply code, they’re production line monkey’s, will follow a plan without having a full understanding or appreciation of the problem they’re trying to solve.

A developer on the other hand, will produce quality code, ensure they have a full understanding of a problem, will question plans and ensure they meet the requirements to address the problem they’re trying to solve.

]]> By: anonymous http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/comment-page-1/#comment-40794 anonymous Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:53:33 +0000 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/#comment-40794 Don't forget, there is at least a 4th type: The incompetent programmer, bungling along, faster than a turtle, able to make small tweaks to code other people wrote, and even additions, if the path forward is completely straighforward, but gets hopelessly lost if an algorithm is even slightly complicated, spends weeks stuck on fairly simple bugs, requires constant hand holding, or intervention by better programmers to avert catastrophe, etc, despite years of "experience" for whith there is no appreciable codebase in evidence. May you never meet one. Steve Yegge (I think) came up with another type: "Done and gets things smart" Yeah, here it is: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/06/done-and-gets-things-smart.html Don’t forget, there is at least a 4th type: The incompetent programmer, bungling along, faster than a turtle, able to make small tweaks to code other people wrote, and even additions, if the path forward is completely straighforward, but gets hopelessly lost if an algorithm is even slightly complicated, spends weeks stuck on fairly simple bugs, requires constant hand holding, or intervention by better programmers to avert catastrophe, etc, despite years of “experience” for whith there is no appreciable codebase in evidence. May you never meet one.

Steve Yegge (I think) came up with another type: “Done and gets things smart”
Yeah, here it is:
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/06/done-and-gets-things-smart.html

]]> By: Jani Hartikainen’s Blog: The three types of programmers | PHP http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/comment-page-1/#comment-40789 Jani Hartikainen’s Blog: The three types of programmers | PHP Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:06:33 +0000 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/#comment-40789 [...] this recent post from Jani Hartikainen he looks at the three different categories he sees developers fitting into [...] [...] this recent post from Jani Hartikainen he looks at the three different categories he sees developers fitting into [...]

]]> By: andre http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/comment-page-1/#comment-40784 andre Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:49:45 +0000 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/#comment-40784 Nice post, programmers at my work fall in all 3. My bias opinion is I fall in the smart and smart and get things done, and I think a lot of people are like this. Often the more passionate you become with the art of programming, the more blind sighted you are to the practical business issues at hand. So it's a balance game that most programmers deal with everyday. For example, as I dwelve more into ORM solutions, custom versus off the shelf open source, I find myself really interested in the pay off when it comes to performance and cost. It does have huge implications on the business side, but I lose sight at times when I spend time refactoring code instead of inquiring managers about the longer term plan and how to align the code with it. Nice post, programmers at my work fall in all 3. My bias opinion is I fall in the smart and smart and get things done, and I think a lot of people are like this.

Often the more passionate you become with the art of programming, the more blind sighted you are to the practical business issues at hand. So it’s a balance game that most programmers deal with everyday.

For example, as I dwelve more into ORM solutions, custom versus off the shelf open source, I find myself really interested in the pay off when it comes to performance and cost. It does have huge implications on the business side, but I lose sight at times when I spend time refactoring code instead of inquiring managers about the longer term plan and how to align the code with it.

]]> By: Jani Hartikainen’s Blog: The three types of programmers | Webs Developer http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/comment-page-1/#comment-40775 Jani Hartikainen’s Blog: The three types of programmers | Webs Developer Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:01:05 +0000 http://codeutopia.net/blog/2009/08/09/the-three-types-of-programmers/#comment-40775 [...] this recent post from Jani Hartikainen he looks at the three different categories he sees developers fitting into - [...] [...] this recent post from Jani Hartikainen he looks at the three different categories he sees developers fitting into – [...]

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