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> and, by extension, probably front-line programmers in general > This seems to preclude being a social individual who happens to do CS some of the time. The
by ErrantX 17y ago
> and, by extension, probably front-line programmers in general
> This seems to preclude being a social individual who happens to do CS some of the time.
The best programmers I know (and I tentatively include myself here; though Im really an engineer) are highly social work hard/play hard type people.
- barrkel 17y agoThat is definitely not my experience.
- roundsquare 17y agoMight this might be a result of the type of people you spend time with? If I think about college, I would also have said that the best programmers I know are the ones who I frequently see out doing other stuff. However, I didn't spend that much time with the more introverted people (not being able to relate to them as well) so its hard to say if they were better or worse.
- ErrantX 17y agoThis is in a work environment too though. I was more interested by the use of "frontline" in the original posting. It's not so much technical merit as your ability to, well, be a programmer (as a career).