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8 out of 10. To be fair, both avocations are attractive to unbalanced personalities.
by JasonFruit 6y ago
8 out of 10. To be fair, both avocations are attractive to unbalanced personalities.
- WalterBright 6y ago> both avocations are attractive to unbalanced personalities <cough><cough>
- throwanem 6y agoI thought to make a comment about an excess of meticulousness, but then I remembered Larry Wall and thought about Perl, so I suppose that doesn't really fly.
- JasonFruit 6y agoHe's the analogue of the guy who just blew away whole families point-blank.
- taneq 6y agoThis reminds me of Cringley's theory that there are two main types of programmer, hippies and nerds. Hippies do big picture stuff and are good at UI/UX etc. but their low level code is sometimes untidy, nerds are great at fine detail and micro-optimization but can lose sight of the overall goal.
- jacquesm 6y agoYou can still set the record for being both though. To balance it out...