Monday, March 16, 2015

the Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming

This is about work, yes I do programming and get paid, not that much though :). I got by this post on my GPlus timeline and I couldn't resist. When I saw the book reference, it make me want to keep this as a reference as I like the writings from Gerard Weinberg.
Maybe I will read this sometime in the future: The Psychology of Computer Programming, written in 1971, here are The Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming:

  1. Understand and accept that you will make mistakes.
  2. You are not your code.
  3. No matter how much “karate” you know, someone else will always know more.
  4. Don’t rewrite code without consultation.
  5. Treat people who know less than you with respect, deference, and patience.
  6. The only constant in the world is change.
  7. The only true authority stems from knowledge, not from position.
  8. Fight for what you believe, but gracefully accept defeat.
  9. Don’t be “the coder in the corner”.
  10. Critique code instead of people – be kind to the coder, not to the code.

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