I'm not sure if the examples given of the tradeoffs between "engineers," "mathematicians," and "writers" quite matches my experience, but in general this strike

I'm not sure if the examples given of the tradeoffs between "engineers," "mathematicians," and "writers" quite matches my experience, but in general this strikes me as a pretty useful way to think of the personalities of the good senior engineers I've worked with. I definitely agree with his sentiment that the best teams will combine the three, as their strengths and weaknesses compliment each other. I especially appreciate the bit at the end, which I think is a pretty spot-on description of the divide I perceive as an engineer mostly in the Ruby community who loves Ruby but isn't a huge fan of Rails. Interested to hear what anyone else thinks :)