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Inspired by Steve Ballmer's performance I decided to give an overview of different types of software engineers' characters. Various advices for self-improvement were also provided. Presented at local IT event - IT Weekend. DISCLAIMER: All images were found either via Google Image Search, or on flickr.com
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Developers, developers, developers, developers…
@YaroslavBunyakSoftServe Inc.
newbie (aka n00b)
• tabula rasa
• no experience
• a lot of energy
• easy to hire
• work for food (cheap)
• lacks self-confidence
• knows everything
young genius
• expert knowledge of some technology / programming language
• not!
• rewrite everything!
• in theory, there is not difference between theory and practice
princess
• thinks everybody around should work hard to support him
• e.g.
• latest build is broken - can’t work
• bug in somebody’s code - won’t fix
• chair is uncomfortable - loose 80% of performance
analyst
• any problem / task / algorithm looks too complex to solve
• paralysis by analysis
architect
• prefers elegant architectures over elegant solutions
• OOP, patterns, etc.
• no KISSes
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• quick results
• with lots of hacks, shims, bugs
• needs support staff (plumbers) to fix and polish a feature
• e.g.
• 1 day to implement
• 1.5 months to fix bugs and polish
• some companies love them, some hate them
+ $500
• work for moneyz, no strings attached
• jumps from company A to B to C for higher salary / dev level
• projects / tasks don’t matter
slacker
• coffee / smokes / game breaks every 15 minutes
• always “busy”
evangelist
• technology / company / process X will rule the world
• other technologies / companies Y are dumb
• go tell the world!
romantic
• programmers are of a special kind
• software is making our world a better place
shy guy
• avoids communication with colleagues
• prefers one-man tasks / projects
• skips team-building events
communicator
• talks with everybody - colleagues, clients, random people
• blah-blah-blah
tale-teller
• talks about imaginary personal achievements
• generates over 900 ideas a day
• but won’t take part in their implementation
adventurer
• not shy to learn new technologies / programming languages / platforms
• let’s do it!
pragmatic
• uses common sense
• uses own and other’s experience
• continuous self-improvement
• hard to find, takes time to raise
hacker
• can tackle practically any problem, even with math
• and finish it on time with good quality
• fixes impossible bugs
• gets things done!
superstar
• do not exist, probably
• do you know one?
• should be very expensive and hard to find / hire
Thank You! Questions?