Google I/O 2009 – The Myth of the Genius Programmer
Google I/O 2009 – The Myth of the Genius Programmer Brian Fitzpatrick, Ben Collins-Sussman A pervasive elitism hovers in the background of collaborative software development: everyone secretly wants to be seen as a genius. In this talk, we discuss how to avoid this trap and gracefully exchange personal ego for personal growth and super-charged collaboration. We’ll also examine how software tools affect social behaviors, and how to successfully manage the growth of new ideas. For presentation …
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The ego is needed. Without it we would have no individuality and only have a ’service to others’ Borg hive mind. In the video they present it as an either-or situation, which is not very intelligent. Actually it’s completely wrong.
video error on 28:00?
great talk by the way, gotta love these guys
epic power cord fail.
wanna know why I’m not a myth??!?!?!
Cuz ….. ok get your “i’m smart too” hat out and your “me too, me too” t-shirt to go with it…..
I’m not a myth because 0 =/= 1
For all you programmers out there…. that is zero is not equal to one.
WOW!!!!!!!
Ready to be real adults now?
Cuz I still need a sponsor…. AND recognition
I dunno maybe the guys that work there would know….
Actually, usually code for ‘not equal to’ is usually ‘!=’ as far as I know.
If you don’t now what its doing it’s not genius code.
STOP giggling you annoying freak.
I much prefer to code alone, although i do like to calibrate with certain projects. I can go off and do my own thing, without waiting for others.
Agree Linux Torvalds is a hero screw Bill Gates
Wow did you ever miss the point.
I don’t see Linux donating billions of dollars to charity with a genuine heart. I wish I saw you in real life I would burn you.
whowhat LOL ok crush ubuntu with your minority OS…
I always want people to see my mistakes so that I can use them to advance… This is why I attempt to network to as many individuals as possible.
Every mistake is a valuable tool for advancement as it shows how not to do something.
linux donates millions of hours of time. and time is money. In fact development time is worth lots of money.
has anyone actually watch the whole hour video?
i just watched 10 minutes an am already sick of it
I did, and it’s really good.
I’m sure many people have.
Linus Torvalds is a moron, RMS is the man.
Floopsies you are a dunce, the children’s clips are elsewhere. Your IQ is a bit republican.
Drones always seek uniformity. thank fuck they just clean up after the real people.
@dootzky I get the same thing.
@nilbud What do you mean the “real” people ?
Get your meds you talentless loser.
and you are?