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I have been programming for most of my life, and am very engaged in the art and craft of it, but I have a very hard time answering superlative questions like "w
by zem 6mo ago
I have been programming for most of my life, and am very engaged in the art and craft of it, but I have a very hard time answering superlative questions like "what is the weirdest bug you fixed" or "what project are you proudest of". mostly I enjoy projects while I'm doing them, but don't have the kind of memory that lets me compare old and new work and see which one I rated higher by whatever metric. also bugs in particular tend not to stick in my mind - I can ramble at length about fun architectural decisions or ad hoc DSLs, but bugs I mostly fix and move on; even if they were super interesting to debug at the time I tend not to remember them later on.
- nicholasjbs 6mo agoWould they be easier to easier to answer without the superlative? E.g., "What's a project you're proud of?" Thanks for the feedback!
- zem 6mo agoyes, definitely! the "-est" triggers decision paralysis but it's easy to think of several projects I'm proud of.
- nicholasjbs 6mo agoThank you!
- burnto 6mo agoYes I’ve noticed this as well! Now whenever I get a question of this format, I just relax the constraint.