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The distinction between these 2 types of programmers predates Google by quite a bit. I worked in user research at Microsoft in their developer division in the l
by rickspencer3 4y ago
The distinction between these 2 types of programmers predates Google by quite a bit. I worked in user research at Microsoft in their developer division in the lat 1990s and early 2000s, and we were well aware of the difference between "systematic", "pragmatic", and "opportunistic" programmers, and ensured that we had tools and offerings for each. The opportunistic programmers were most numerous, and preferred to copy and paste their way to success.
- phendrenad2 4y agoInteresting learning. Has anyone blogged or written about this?
- rickspencer3 4y agoWe wrote and published about it quite a lot, but none of that content seems to be indexed or available anymore. Here's some content referring to it, though: https://blog.codinghorror.com/mort-elvis-einstein-and-you/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/mort-elvis-einstein-and-you/
- native_samples 4y agoI'm curious what sort of offerings can realistically be made to opportunistic programmers. Some sort of visual languages?