On role models.
May. 2nd, 2006 01:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dsrtaoMy office mate is an uberprogrammer. I am merely competent, and that in just a handful of languages. I just observed that they mere fact of knowing that he would look at and probably use my code made me do a better job than I might have otherwise.
(I astounded one of our newer colleagues a few days ago by mentioning that I was only adequate as a programmer. "Don't you need to be a programmer to be a sysadmin?" No, you simply have to have a solid grounding in programming basics. Actual development experience is not necessary. The ability to memorize and grok complex abstract semi-hierarchical relationships, on the other hand, is key.
(I astounded one of our newer colleagues a few days ago by mentioning that I was only adequate as a programmer. "Don't you need to be a programmer to be a sysadmin?" No, you simply have to have a solid grounding in programming basics. Actual development experience is not necessary. The ability to memorize and grok complex abstract semi-hierarchical relationships, on the other hand, is key.
