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The question is how to allay people's fear of showing off something that isn't polished or finished yet. Part of the onus is on the rest of us -- to be good cr
by bprater 18y ago
The question is how to allay people's fear of showing off something that isn't polished or finished yet.
Part of the onus is on the rest of us -- to be good critics of other people's code. Constructive critism without the ego gives lots of introverted know-it-all hackers real trouble.
- raganwald 18y agoI agree. Look at programming.reddit.com. Many posts have a bushel of upmods but the majority of comments on those posts are negative. Thus, you have a weird behaviour where peopel who like something are less likely to speak up than people who dislike something. It may have something to do with the fact that praising something doesn't seem to add value--what's the point of a comment that says "great idea"??? Thus, people who like something upmod it but have little to say. On the other hand, people who dislike it have lots to say, and it feels like criticism is adding value to the community. But from the perspective of the person doing the work, putting something on display before it is bulletproof and perfect is much more likely to attract flames than praise. You hvae to have an asbestos ego to deal with that on a regular basis.