devthought.com — "Modern psychology has attempted to classify how good we are at a certain skill by observing how deep it perforates that iceberg. It thus describes four stages of competence an individual can achieve. In this article I?ll try to apply this simple scheme to the skill we practice everyday: programming."
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Closed AccountMar 22, 2009
It was confusing because the word "programming" was mentioned, yet never anything about actual programming languages, and not "web" languages. This guy is a webmonkey, not an actual programmer. Big difference.So, they're the four stages of webmonkey.
burrgrinderMar 22, 2009
All of those are GUIs, and knowledge of GUI APIs doesn't make you a good programmer.Attach an event listener to an interface object....learn that and the rest is just looking up the specific pattern a GUI needs. Knowing all of them is great, but if you're writing database calls nested in O(n^3) code where O(n) would work, you're still a s**tty programmer.
phramusMar 22, 2009
Yes, we'd all rather read your brilliant expose.
mabsarkMar 23, 2009
@TheHerkWell written assembly code will beat any other code out there. Only an idiot would think otherwise. A human can fine tune that assembly code to provide the best performance for the puprose of the program. A computer can't.What nonsense will you come up with next, MS Frontpage produces better html than hand coding in notepad? You sir, are a f**king retard, and so is everyone digging you.
mrbitchMar 23, 2009
@ thcobbs RE: "..That explains why your mom is upstairs banging your friends for mortgage money."Zing!
starkravingMar 23, 2009
I am not a number, I am a free man!!
Closed AccountMar 24, 2009
Sorry guys, I hate to correct. Go to college a learn about programming. Assembly is written by, "...gasp programmer" oh noes. Lets think about this. You write a compiler that gets tested and tested, then optimized, then retested, then updated and tested some more. Then it gets optimized a few times. Of course each piece of handwritten assembly does NOT go through this same arduous process, so one little mistake, or even if not mistake, slightly non-optimized but working call slips through, and boom, worse than the compilers assembly.I know, I know. A lot of people still think vinyl has better sound quality, and that the music died with Buddy Holly, but being stuck in the old school, while admirable, doesn't make you any less incorrect. Compilers write more optimized, less buggy assembly than humans do.Also, as long as you see fit to call me a f**king retard. I'll have a contest any day. I'll write a web page in higher level HTML/php/ajax, and you write one in assembly. Well see which comes out better. f**k it, I'll take s**tty MS Frontpage, and still do it better than in assembly, and in a few months less. Good day.
eruannoMar 24, 2009
haha yea
duncan202Apr 2, 2009
That would be the Steve Ballmer curve.
cloudberriesApr 9, 2009
Jack of all