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Maybe the idea is that a competent programmer is also humble.
by RyanMcGreal 17y ago
Maybe the idea is that a competent programmer is also humble.
- mprime 17y agoI guessed that was the meaning a long time ago, but it's just amusing to read it literally.
- irrelative 17y agoAnd, I'd add, not humble naturally but got that way by being humbled again and again by his knowledge.
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoYes, exactly! I didn't become the half-decent programmer that I am until I finally embraced the fact that my code sucks and adopted highly defensive coding practices as a result.