Re: The Problem with Programming



Nathaniel L. Walker wrote:

People with "exceptional skills" do normally not fit well in a
production environment. You have to distinguish between production
and invention.

Most of the world wide programming is plain production.
If you are an inventor, with "exceptional skills", you'd better
find a start-up, a game-manufacturer or just start you own business.

But it's not all about "inventors", there are developers out there
who have superior problem-solving skills relative to their
co-workers, and I think that is the group of developers he is
referring to.

Ok. With "exceptional skills" I was thinking about a different group of
people.

The "superstar" programmers who are more productive,
knowledgeable, easier to train, and more efficient than the rest of
them.

And at the same time have "ingenious ideas" and boil over with
creativity, effectively slowing the over-all progress down..

--
Ingvar Nilsen
http://www.ingvarius.com
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