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I'd add Curiosity instead of Impatience. Impatience is related to Laziness. In both cases we want the computer to do the work instead of us. But Curiosity is o
by GMoromisato 3y ago
I'd add Curiosity instead of Impatience. Impatience is related to Laziness. In both cases we want the computer to do the work instead of us.
But Curiosity is orthogonal and important. The best programmers I know were always curious: Why was it built that way? Why does it give that output? Why did she say that? Curiosity is the beginning of knowledge. If you're not curious, you will miss out on a lot of opportunities for learning and improvement.
- softfalcon 3y agoSeconded, and I’d add this is a quality of a great human being. Curious people are curious about others too, not just systems. It’s related to caring. You have to care to be curious and we could use more people taking care in their lives.
- squishington 3y ago[dead]
- woooooo 3y agoIt doesn't work as well rhetorically as having all 3 virtues be typically thought of as flaws.
- GMoromisato 3y agoYou're right! I didn't catch that. Maybe Snooping? Nosiness? Meddling?
- dkz999 3y agoDisruption? "Fixing what isn't broken"? Im going with: Making perfect the enemy of the good.
- Izkata 3y agoKinda works anyway: "curiosity killed the cat"
- kweingar 3y agoCuriosity is a classical vice, I think it works
- bryanrasmussen 3y agoyes but not one of the seven deadly sins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins although impatience isn't one I think it should actually be wrath here.
- simonkagedal 3y agoI was thinking that something about having communicative skills should be added to the list, but struggled to reframe that as a flaw… any ideas?