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Do you insult a red car when you call it "a red car"? do you insult a bad programmer when you call him "a bad programmer". It seems that you can't handle realit
by GoToRO 10y ago
Do you insult a red car when you call it "a red car"? do you insult a bad programmer when you call him "a bad programmer". It seems that you can't handle reality.
Knowing where you are will help you progress. Believing that you are good while being bad has the only effect that you will not do anything to improve so you will stay bad. Is that what you want?
- tdb7893 10y agoHelping people become better is good but just insulting them needlessly is silly. The rest of the article is good and helpful because it goes into what they actually did wrong but calling them bad programmers is insulting and doesn't actually add any value to the article (I actually think that it takes away from the article somewhat because of the tone it creates).
- luckroy 10y ago"Red" is an objective attribute; "bad" is a subjective one. I agree that self-evaluation and recognition of inferior practices will help one progress, but the article would be more effective if the author was less condemning.
- dllthomas 10y agoBut if you call someone a bad programmer, odds are greater that they stop listening.