I believe that there is value in humility as a programmer. I can't speak to hockey. I don't view myself as a student, that leaves the door open to hubris, and

I believe that there is value in humility as a programmer. I can't speak to hockey. I don't view myself as a student, that leaves the door open to hubris, and hubris is the primarily failing of programmers. Accept that you are a terrible programmer and that you will fail, you will make the wrong decisions, and you will design poorly. Plan accordingly, and you'll be more successful than all the other terrible programmers. I am a very successful programmer because I do not trust myself to write great code. I leverage the type system, the compiler, and many other points he discussed in his article. By leveraging these tools, I prevent myself from failing as often or as severely. I have rarely seen programmers fail so profoundly as those who hold the belief that they are too smart -- too good of a programmer -- to fuck up.