[thelist] Professional Philosopy (long)
Frank
framar at interlog.com
Thu Aug 30 03:40:28 CDT 2001
Using my words to express the same concepts...
> I think what I love about IT is that there are any
> number of "right ways" to do things, and anyone who
> really 'groks' what development is all about can
> appreciate them.
Finding the beauty of order in chaos... This is the same kind of
feeling I get when in meditation.
> My main "value" that I reach for is the one that I think
> every "hacker" programmer reaches for: to do things
> RIGHT. The elusive hacker concept of "elegance" is
> important here. This doesn't just apply to coding, but
> to everything an Internet-developer-webmaster-dude like
> myself might do in the course of the day.
Pride and the love of beauty. I call this "The skill of being human."
> there are [...] configurations and firewall rules and
> recursive functions and database schemas and coding
> standards and blocks of content that just seem to
> "click" with some primal part of the hacker brain.
Yes! I get that completely, even though I don't have the words.
> If the intelligence and ability are lacking, however, I
> can be harsh. My respect is, to be honest, a hard thing
> to earn: I do not suffer fools easily.
Oh no! Meritocacy!
> Those peers who DO earn my respect share my love for
> doing things the right way: they love their work, and
> would take the time to do something well rather than a
> rush job.
> They would happily fight for a principle they believed
> in, and not acquiesce to the merest whim of those
> controlling the purse strings. I respect those who show
> a bit of spine in their quest to get things done right.
> I respect and look up to those who use their experience
> as a tool, not a crutch or a weapon.
Self-honesty and respect, humility (which is making an *accurate
assessment* of the value you bring)...
Wow! Great post, Paul, you've expressed many of the concepts I've
been struggling to express for a long time very clearly.
--
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
Frank Marion Framar Studios
frank at framarstudios.com http://www.framarstudios.com
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