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by KentBeck 17y ago
The good news about psychology is that a counterexample does not invalidate the thesis the way it does in math.
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by KentBeck 17y ago
AFAIK the correlation is anecdotal and no more. However, I've had enough bar discussions of "why do musical and programming accomplishment go together" that I was glad to find an answer that made sense to me. I'd love to see real research t
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by KentBeck 17y ago
I've certainly seen that kind of argument. What makes me think I haven't fallen into that fallacy (although it is a possibility) is that I freely admit that I'm terrible at lots of things (like reading people) and that I'm good at other thi
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by KentBeck 17y ago
That's certainly a possibility, that programming accomplishment and musical accomplishment don't correlate at all and it's just sampling error. However, I experience both and I was trying to identify the commonality, in answer to a question
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by KentBeck 17y ago
Towle_, Thank you for the followup. I'm not trying to do science here, just understand my own experience. Regarding the correlation between musicians and programmers being the result of socioeconomic status, that doesn't match my experience
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by KentBeck 17y ago
What you are calling "awareness" sounds like what I mean by pattern matching. When I'm "on" as a musician, this "pattern matching" operates on a variety of time scales--multiple concerts, this concert, this piece, this verse, this phrase, t
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by KentBeck 17y ago
No, I haven't. I heard an interview with him, though, that makes me think we're thinking about similar ideas.
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by KentBeck 17y ago
What I noticed is that 1) some people are better at matching patterns than others, 2) there are different kinds of patterns (social, symbolic, spatial, etc.), and 3) some people have a particularly effective reinforcement loop around patter
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Why programming and musical talent go together: enjoying seeing patterns(threeriversinstitute.org)
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Manipulation: A Matter of Intent(threeriversinstitute.org)
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Creating value through negotiation(threeriversinstitute.org)
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by KentBeck 17y ago
Establishing a rhythm helps. Make a cup of tea every time you sit down to work. Light a candle. Turn on a certain style of music. Me I like juggling as a warm up.
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by KentBeck 17y ago
Whether a CLI will beat a GUI depends on whether the operations are at the right level of abstraction. When watching Gary Bernhardt's refactoring session, he was using text editing operations to refactor. Text editing operations aren't an e
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The limitations of terminals as an interface(threeriversinstitute.org)
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Acceptance testing tool for embedded Java(microdoc.com)
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Valuing ambiguity in software design(threeriversinstitute.org)
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The Design Dilemma: Succession is the price of success(threeriversinstitute.org)
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The Debugger as a Design Tool: Reduces the search space(threeriversinstitute.org)
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To Design or Not To Design? Design in new software products(threeriversinstitute.org)
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by KentBeck 17y ago
10ren, It's good to hear cottage industries still exist on the Internet, as that's what I hope to build. I agree that PFA is too negative. I tried to find a positive formulation but couldn't find one that was as inspiring to me.
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by KentBeck 17y ago
10ren, I don't understand the exception you are proposing. If the "crucial problem" is several steps in, then your first several MVPs succeed easily (indeed, that is the case for Tattlebird). Any successful startup overcomes several PFAs (p
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To Fix or Not To Fix? Another good question(threeriversinstitute.org)
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by KentBeck 17y ago
I think quite a bit has been written about 3M's innovation approach, which as I mentioned is quite similar to what I'm proposing.
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by KentBeck 17y ago
Capital efficiency is certainly important whether you are a HW or SW startup. I'm curious about your comment that "the financial types would never accept the business plans". One of the important features of running a project like a startup
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Every project is a startup(threeriversinstitute.org)
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Chrome OS is Worse, That's the Point(threeriversinstitute.org)
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by KentBeck 17y ago
I have had good experiences getting paid by O'Reilly sponsored conferences.
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by KentBeck 17y ago
Thank you for the thoughtful reply. I do feel a sense of camaraderie. Doing things that are valuable and not receiving value is out of balance. Not being funded to create the next increment of value is seriously wrong (non-optimal for socie
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by KentBeck 17y ago
The only three local tech employers of any note are Fire Mountain Gems, Harry and Davids, and Musician's Friend. I wouldn't recommend this area to a programmer unless you are willing to travel, in which case it's paradise except that you ar
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by KentBeck 17y ago
Thank you for following up before judging. I'll try to summarize more clearly. I offered to give the original talk for the opportunity to get feedback on new ideas and the opportunity to present JUnit Max (although it seems to me the chance

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