That's a wonderful article describing the work of a programmer, why bigger companies cause them trouble and how good programmers reason about code which is not

That's a wonderful article describing the work of a programmer, why bigger companies cause them trouble and how good programmers reason about code which is not even yet written. Paul Graham, which is a notable figure in the software engineering world if you didn't hear his name yet, names 8 steps that make you able to load a whole program into your head. I'm proud to say that I have mastered all 8 steps multiple times, though from my experience in my current engineering team I struggle with step 7. I do actually believe that what he describes shouldn't be done, is actually feasible - through pair programming.