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Yet ironically, perhaps a great programmer is a hybrid of all of these archetypes?
by wellpast 13y ago
Yet ironically, perhaps a great programmer is a hybrid of all of these archetypes?
- colechristensen 13y agoIt's not ironic. The middle way is the path to enlightenment. Few of these are bad because of their spirit, they are bad because of their extremism.
- vezzy-fnord 13y agoThe middle way is the path to enlightenment. Argument to moderation. "The truth lies in the middle" is a false axiom. Sometimes it's either in the black or the white.
- mikeash 13y agoJust because moderation isn't right in every case doesn't mean it's not right here. Your reply strikes me as a fallacy fallacy. It's not a logical fallacy if it's not used to support an assertion. In this case, it is the assertion.
- colechristensen 13y agoYou will find the Buddhist roots of the idea I was trying to convey also believe that even moderation itself needs to be applied with moderation.
- derefr 13y agoFor anyone who's about to reply to this without having an exact grasp of what they mean: http://lesswrong.com/lw/mm/the_fallacy_of_gray/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/mm/the_fallacy_of_gray/
- Brakenshire 13y agoModeration in all things, including moderation.
- girvo 13y agoBasically my entire philosophy of life. The year I spent studying Buddhism in my last year of school rub off on me, and I still try and practice that every day, 8 years later.
- jakejake 13y agoExactly - a great programmer would put his/her ego aside and become any one of these stereotypes if the situation demanded it. Sometimes it may be prudent to keep some old tech running. Other times it may be better to push the boundaries of new tech. A strict methodology might work great in one situation, whereas a lone wolf might be better in another. Really the only that that is consistently bad is if you just don't care or you don't put in the effort.
- Aaronontheweb 13y agoI should point out - using an old legacy technology is not the same thing as being an Arcanist. These archetypes all have one thing in common: taking a normal, routine thing that programmers encounter in their careers and take it to an extreme.