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Good Qualities of a developer
This document outlines the characteristics of a good programmer. It discusses that good programmers are 28 times more productive and introduce 28 times fewer bugs than bad programmers. Good programmers spend 90% of their time thinking, researching, and experimenting to design the best solutions, while bad programmers spend that time debugging randomly. The key characteristics of a good programmer include humility, curiosity, ownership, attention to detail, quality focus, laziness, pragmatism, creativity, passion for learning, teamwork skills, and balancing work and personal life.
Good Qualities of a developer
- 1. HOW TO BEA GOOD DEVELOPER SOPHIA DAGLI
- 2. What do yousee yourself In 25 years from now In 20 years from now In 10 years from now In 1 year from now
- 3. What is thatyou going to do ? Write Code Read Code Write Code for reading Make money for the code you write
- 4. Good Vs BadProgrammer A good programmer can be 28+ times more productive than a bad programmer. A bad programmer will introduce 28+ times more bugs than a good programmer. How much does the cost compare for a bad programmer Vs a bad programmer ??
- 5. Good Vs BadProgrammer A programmer spends about 10–20% of his time writing code, and most programmers write about 10–12 lines of code per day that goes into the final product, regardless of their skill level. Why ?
- 6. Good Vs BadProgrammer Good programmers spend much of the other 90% thinking, researching, and experimenting to find the best design. Bad programmers spend much of that 90% debugging code by randomly making changes and seeing if they work.
- 7. Good Vs BadProgrammer Good programmers need minimal support from their mentors & both get more time to do more from their time at work Bad Programmer sap the time & energy of their mentors, if they refused to learn. Whom do you want to work with ?
- 8. What do youneed to be a good programmer ??
- 9. CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOODPROGRAMMER
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- 11. Humility They don’tmind admitting that they don’t know something. They know that there is nothing wrong in saying “I don’t know” Nor do they harshly judge another team mate who says that.
- 12. Humility They sharetheir code with others and welcome feedback. Work hard to swallow their pride and overcome their fear and shyness of letting other people review their work. they enjoy company of programmers who are smarter than them
- 13. “if you’re notdoing a few things where you’re failing a little, you’re probably not trying hard enough. I say if everyone likes you, you probably aren’t doing anything interesting.”
- 15. Curiosity They don’taccept things as they are. Acts like a compiler !! Scrutinizes each and every line Will ask why why why ? ◦ To himself ◦ To his boss ◦ To his client !!
- 17. Ownership Looks forthe Big-picture perception of a software. Looks at the business oriented approach to the software.
- 19. Attention to Details Attention to detail Feel very very uncomfortable on seeing poor code or existing bugs & would want to fix them. Cringe every time they are forced to put in a patch fix for the benefit of time and will always go back and put a better fix whenever they can Doesnt ignore a teeny weeny bug
- 20. “ Computers aregood at following instructions, but not at reading your mind. ” - Donald Knuth
- 22. Quality Writes Cleancode ◦ Little or minimal documentation ◦ Clear function / variable names ◦ Small functions ◦ Smart looking code.
- 23. Any fool canwrite code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. ~ Martin Fowler
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- 25. Lazy They hatedoing manual tasks and therefore invent creative ways to automate mundane jobs. Hate typing (so find innovative ways to write lesser code). Seeks simplicity (Doesn’t like to wack his brains too much)
- 26. “ First, solvethe problem. Then, write the code. ”
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- 28. Pragmatic Able tomake a value judgement about what is really important Values practical outcomes Understands priorities. Will ask about the priority. Believes in getting the job done Avoids gold plating
- 30. creative Programming isan ART ! Sees ways to do things that others don’t see, comes up with better ways of doing things, goes beyond.
- 32. A student always Have a passion for learning See learning as an investment Spend a lot of time upgrading their skills and improving their knowledge. Learns new language, doesn’t get scared of any new coding language (The basics are right). Loves getting to learn new languages
- 33. A student always Spend on books & read them too. Read, browse, blog, network, join forums, attend conferences. Get into the trenches try out new things whenever they can. Are tool junkies
- 35. Loves working ina team Listens to his team members Pays respect to his team members Gets continuous feedback from his team members
- 37. Works hard andparties harder Manages time effectively for personal and professional growth. Doesn’t bother colleagues unnecessarily for tea, smoke & loo breaks. Finishes work on time – so never has to leave late.