Comments on: Types of programmer, or “why can’t we be friends?” http://www.makinggoodsoftware.com/2010/01/27/types-of-programmer-or-%e2%80%9cwhy-can%e2%80%99t-we-be-friends%e2%80%9d/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:36:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Anhar http://www.makinggoodsoftware.com/2010/01/27/types-of-programmer-or-%e2%80%9cwhy-can%e2%80%99t-we-be-friends%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-6843 Anhar Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:04:29 +0000 http://www.makinggoodsoftware.com/?p=1203#comment-6843 Very interesting article indeed, I think I've certainly seen those types! From the above matrix types I have filled each one of those types in different projects. You mentioned that you never met the best type (one that could switch between types). Well you have now! :) Very interesting article indeed, I think I’ve certainly seen those types!

From the above matrix types I have filled each one of those types in different projects.

You mentioned that you never met the best type (one that could switch between types). Well you have now! :)

]]> By: Lorber Sebastien http://www.makinggoodsoftware.com/2010/01/27/types-of-programmer-or-%e2%80%9cwhy-can%e2%80%99t-we-be-friends%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-4831 Lorber Sebastien Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:03:23 +0000 http://www.makinggoodsoftware.com/?p=1203#comment-4831 I hate pragmatic action heroes in complex applications :) But sometimes i can be one, if i'm alone on a small project... I hate pragmatic action heroes in complex applications :)

But sometimes i can be one, if i’m alone on a small project…

]]> By: yogsototh http://www.makinggoodsoftware.com/2010/01/27/types-of-programmer-or-%e2%80%9cwhy-can%e2%80%99t-we-be-friends%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-4631 yogsototh Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:35:46 +0000 http://www.makinggoodsoftware.com/?p=1203#comment-4631 I believe I naviguate through the fourth type of programmer. In fact I choose the best method for the project or act I have to do. If it is a one shot program, I tend to be a pragmatic/no planner. If it is a program I do for myself, I tend to be a (tiny planner)/sophisticated If it is a big long project I tend to be a Über planner/sophisticated. If I have to repair a project I didn't coded I tend to be a pragmatic/no planner. I am almost never planner/pragmatic, because, If I plan, I try to make the best I can. And the best I can is always sophisticated. In some way, stay in only one quarter should be a proof of inadaptability. Which in programming area can be a problem. In two or three year may be Agile will be better considered than UML/planner. And opposite is true. I believe I naviguate through the fourth type of programmer.

In fact I choose the best method for the project or act I have to do. If it is a one shot program, I tend to be a pragmatic/no planner.

If it is a program I do for myself, I tend to be a (tiny planner)/sophisticated

If it is a big long project I tend to be a Über planner/sophisticated.

If I have to repair a project I didn’t coded I tend to be a pragmatic/no planner.

I am almost never planner/pragmatic, because, If I plan, I try to make the best I can. And the best I can is always sophisticated.

In some way, stay in only one quarter should be a proof of inadaptability. Which in programming area can be a problem. In two or three year may be Agile will be better considered than UML/planner. And opposite is true.

]]> By: Scarybug http://www.makinggoodsoftware.com/2010/01/27/types-of-programmer-or-%e2%80%9cwhy-can%e2%80%99t-we-be-friends%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-4503 Scarybug Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:06:25 +0000 http://www.makinggoodsoftware.com/?p=1203#comment-4503 I dunno, by nature I've always been in the 'Action Hero' camp of just starting and then iterating, with only small plans for various major features, but recently I've started planning ahead and it's made my life a lot easier. Granted I wouldn't know what to plan *for* if I hadn't flown by the seat of my pants so often, and I've also found my plans don't account for everything and have to be changed on the fly sometimes, but I think I might start trying to be a new kind of programmer just to see how it works. I dunno, by nature I’ve always been in the ‘Action Hero’ camp of just starting and then iterating, with only small plans for various major features, but recently I’ve started planning ahead and it’s made my life a lot easier.

Granted I wouldn’t know what to plan *for* if I hadn’t flown by the seat of my pants so often, and I’ve also found my plans don’t account for everything and have to be changed on the fly sometimes, but I think I might start trying to be a new kind of programmer just to see how it works.

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