The happiest programmer is the one having the most fun. And in the case of this article, the best programmer is portrayed as the one who started out having the

The happiest programmer is the one having the most fun. And in the case of this article, the best programmer is portrayed as the one who started out having the most fun. This isn't just pedantry; I've known a lot of programmers that absolutely loved their work but wrote code that was mediocre or worse, or wrote decent code but couldn't structure a project to save their lives. "I have so much fun doing this" doesn't immediately imply "I know or seek to know all of the intricacies of this subject."