Jan 30 2012
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Bragging Rights - Change you are proud of
Paul put it well when he said to me: “The top of Maslow’s pyramid is self-actualization…in some ways I think we like to achieve self-actualization through our code, [such that] in years to come, maintenance programmers will stumble upon this architecture and exclaim, ‘Wow, Scott was here.’”
Are you writing software or crafting software? When does your craft become art?
This is a noble and certainly attractive goal, but is one that should be attempted only after the basic needs are met.
