Comments on: Just How Good Are You? http://blog.ericlamb.net/2009/05/just-how-good-are-you/ Thoughts on programming, people and life Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:01:37 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Eric Lamb http://blog.ericlamb.net/2009/05/just-how-good-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-95265 Eric Lamb Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:55:47 +0000 http://blog.ericlamb.net/?p=1706#comment-95265 Wow! It took me a whole 2 years to realize you were trolling me. Man, I must have been in a weird place when I responded to the initial comment. Wow! It took me a whole 2 years to realize you were trolling me. Man, I must have been in a weird place when I responded to the initial comment.

]]> By: Eric Lamb http://blog.ericlamb.net/2009/05/just-how-good-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1603 Eric Lamb Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:22:23 +0000 http://blog.ericlamb.net/?p=1706#comment-1603 When will we learn that programming is nothing but an everyday 9 to 5 job nowadays? Ummm... when it becomes one? (rimshot) Seriously though man, what kind of product are you putting out if you aren't constantly learning? How big of a nightmare are you forcing those after you to maintain? It's funny that you say "That's how it is for some people". Those "people" are the ones making it tougher for the real professionals by creating crap the professionals have to fix. When will we learn that programming is nothing but an everyday 9 to 5 job nowadays?

Ummm… when it becomes one? (rimshot)

Seriously though man, what kind of product are you putting out if you aren’t constantly learning? How big of a nightmare are you forcing those after you to maintain?

It’s funny that you say “That’s how it is for some people”. Those “people” are the ones making it tougher for the real professionals by creating crap the professionals have to fix.

]]> By: You Suck! http://blog.ericlamb.net/2009/05/just-how-good-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1600 You Suck! Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:12:55 +0000 http://blog.ericlamb.net/?p=1706#comment-1600 Yet another elitist idiot, I see. ; ) When will you guys learn that programming is nothing but an everyday 9 to 5 job nowadays? That's just how it is for some people. Being in this field doesn't automatically make you a genious anymore. This isn't 1965. ; ) Yet another elitist idiot, I see. ; )

When will you guys learn that programming is nothing but an everyday 9 to 5 job nowadays? That’s just how it is for some people. Being in this field doesn’t automatically make you a genious anymore. This isn’t 1965. ; )

]]> By: Eric Lamb http://blog.ericlamb.net/2009/05/just-how-good-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-974 Eric Lamb Fri, 22 May 2009 20:57:21 +0000 http://blog.ericlamb.net/?p=1706#comment-974 Eldris, The simple fact that you're worried about keeping up ensures you'll be able to. It's like the idea that crazy people don't question their sanity; bad programmers don't even bother thinking about this stuff. They'll never read this post because it's just not in their nature. They don't know any better and the thought that, "dear god, I need to improve myself constantly" has never even occurred to them. You'll be an excellent programmer by just keeping up with what you're doing. Eldris,

The simple fact that you’re worried about keeping up ensures you’ll be able to. It’s like the idea that crazy people don’t question their sanity; bad programmers don’t even bother thinking about this stuff.

They’ll never read this post because it’s just not in their nature. They don’t know any better and the thought that, “dear god, I need to improve myself constantly” has never even occurred to them.

You’ll be an excellent programmer by just keeping up with what you’re doing.

]]> By: eldris http://blog.ericlamb.net/2009/05/just-how-good-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-973 eldris Fri, 22 May 2009 19:48:03 +0000 http://blog.ericlamb.net/?p=1706#comment-973 This is one thing that worries me about any future career I may have in programming (I'm at uni at the moment). What if I can't keep up? Still, you're right about the fact that some programmers really obviously just don't care, I see it with people at uni. Good article, it's a point a lot of people don't realise about programming, and one of the first they drilled into our heads at uni. This is one thing that worries me about any future career I may have in programming (I’m at uni at the moment). What if I can’t keep up? Still, you’re right about the fact that some programmers really obviously just don’t care, I see it with people at uni.

Good article, it’s a point a lot of people don’t realise about programming, and one of the first they drilled into our heads at uni.

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