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"But being an awesome excellent programmer doesn't mean success in any real measurable way." Being an awesome excellent violinist (say) doesn't mean success in
by plinkplonk 17y ago
"But being an awesome excellent programmer doesn't mean success in any real measurable way."
Being an awesome excellent violinist (say) doesn't mean success in any "measurable way" either. There is no absolute, objective ranking for violinist, but becoming an "awesome excellent" violinist is still just as hard or harder than becoming Richard Branson.
- axod 17y agoApples and Oranges. End users don't care if a program was written well or not. They care if it solves their problem. There are countless examples of horrible buggy badly written programs that are wildly successful. There aren't many examples of horrible bad violinists that are successful.
- plinkplonk 17y agoYour original statements were "being an awesome excellent programmer doesn't mean guaranteed success in any real measurable way. " and "Begin an awesome excellent business guy does mean success in a measurable way." When the argument was made that success has meanings beyond "how much money someone made" or needs an absolute scale of measurement to define it, you are now saying that software that is not well written can be successful, Sure, but by that logic then many businessmen get rich by luck, not by being "awesome excellent business guys". So ? Still doesn't affect the irrelevance of your original argument. There are godawful musicians who lip synch songs and can barely maintain pitch but are successful in terms of making money. You need to let go of thinking that your ideas of what "success" is, is somehow universally held or accepted. ( I am done with this thread. It isn't worth the time. )