How to become a programmer

Good must read for all programmers - beginners or experts - and their managers.

http://samizdat.mines.edu/howto/HowToBeAProgrammer.html

Personally, I found the following paragraphs interesting:

• Why Estimation is Important (I promise that I will never ever forget this. Until next time)

• How to Document Wisely (very agile, just enough)

• How to Stay Motivated (totally agree. I have done this constantly ever since my first job at Vigilante)

• How to Balance Brevity and Abstraction (I did abstract too much when building my.ITU)

• How to Decide if Software is Too Immature (good check list)

• How to Make a Buy vs. Build Decision (just YES)

• How to Handle Boring Tasks (I like the idea that one should not do boring stuff alone)

• How to Deal with Organizational Chaos (Yes, but this can be difficult if chaos is too close, Eg. if your manager creates it.)

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