> What makes a coder to a rockstar-coder? Who cares? Rockstar coders are not the avenue to quality, maintainable code. Quality code production results from dis

> What makes a coder to a rockstar-coder? Who cares? Rockstar coders are not the avenue to quality, maintainable code. Quality code production results from discipline, cooperation and adherence to rigorous coding principles, the very traits that the rock star mentality finds annoying and injurious to their narcissism. What businesses want are disciplined professionals, not rock stars. I've been in this business for 35 years and in my experience, the best, most reliable coders were disciplined and creative in equal measure, took their responsibilities very seriously, and avoided the spotlight. Compare that to the sad stories coming out of Microsoft, where they really do have cowboy coders adding to and maintaining the Windows code base: Title: "Ending Microsoft’s Cowboy Spaghetti Code" Link: http://www.vexite.com/2005/ending-microsofts-cowboy- http://www.vexite.com/2005/ending-microsofts-cowboy- spaghetti-code-culture/ Quote: "Provided that the new processes would be followed religiously by all Microsoft software engineers, Windows Vista should be able to exhibit a leap of improved level of quality." Most of you know that as a product, Vista instead failed quickly and absolutely.