Developers, developers, developers, developers...

Developers, developers, developers, developers...

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  Developers, developers, developers,developers… @YaroslavBunyak SoftServe Inc.
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  newbie (aka n00b) • tabula rasa • no experience • a lot of energy • easy to hire • work for food (cheap) • lacks self-confidence • knows everything
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  young genius •expert knowledge of some technology / programming language • not! • rewrite everything! • in theory, there is not difference between theory and practice
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  princess • thinkseverybody 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
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  analyst • anyproblem / task / algorithm looks too complex to solve • paralysis by analysis
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  architect • preferselegant architectures over elegant solutions • OOP, patterns, etc. • no KISSes
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  x#ятор • quickresults • 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
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  + $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
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  slacker • coffee/ smokes / game breaks every 15 minutes • always “busy”
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  evangelist • technology/ company / process X will rule the world • other technologies / companies Y are dumb • go tell the world!
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  romantic • programmersare of a special kind • software is making our world a better place
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  shy guy •avoids communication with colleagues • prefers one-man tasks / projects • skips team-building events
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  communicator • talkswith everybody - colleagues, clients, random people • blah-blah-blah
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  tale-teller • talksabout imaginary personal achievements • generates over 900 ideas a day • but won’t take part in their implementation
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  adventurer • notshy to learn new technologies / programming languages / platforms • let’s do it!
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  pragmatic • usescommon sense • uses own and other’s experience • continuous self-improvement • hard to find, takes time to raise
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  hacker • cantackle practically any problem, even with math • and finish it on time with good quality • fixes impossible bugs • gets things done!
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  superstar • donot exist, probably • do you know one? • should be very expensive and hard to find / hire
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  Thank You! Questions?