Non-technical mistakes made by programmers: Number 6
Posted: July 8th, 2009 | Author: Rob Searles | Filed under: General | CommentsI have just been browsing few development blogs and in two separate posts about two completely different topics there was an interesting crossover.
First I was reading a post on “Making Good Software” which lists the top 5 non-technical mistakes programmers make. Their top 5 list was:
- Lack of discipline;
- Big egos;
- Being a bad communicator;
- Forgetting about the customer; and
- Not prioritizing the work properly.
Have a read of it, it’s pretty interesting.
I was also reading one of Jeff Atwood’s latest posts – “Code: It;s trivial” and I thought that the main point of his post could be slotted in at number 6 for non-technical mistakes.
Essentially Jeff was saying that programmers always think about the code.
They (and I know this is a massive sweeping generalisation, in which I include myself) forget that only coders care about the code. Real people, instead, care about the experience.
So this would be my “Number 6″ for non-technical mistakes programmers make:
Forgetting that the code is the means, not the end.
