Signs of an awesome coder

[jrockway]

Four signs of a mediocre blog post:

1) The title contains the number of points the blog post is going to make.

2) Each paragraph is separated by big text, bold text, or an irrelevant cat picture.

3) The actual text, excluding the big bold text, reads like it's the last 200 words of a fifth grader's first 500-word essay.

4) Each point is so generic as to be applicable to any person or situation.

[warwick]

I know it's a nitpick, but there are three dragon books. Yes, the red and purple books are only different editions, but with 20 years and an extra author between them I tend to consider them different books.

I'm suspicious of anyone who claims to be an awesome coder. That's an honour that others bestow on you. Instead, strive to be a better coder than you are now.

[mathgladiator]

You are right to be suspicious of anyone making claims of awesomeness. Most of my signs were metrics that I use to evaluate coders, improve myself on, and encourage others in my organization to do. (Also, blatant abuse of the word awesome is common to my character)

[SamReidHughes]

More like, four signs of a marginally passable coder.

To be awesome by any standard you at least have to have attributes that surpass those of the author of the standard.

[iamjustlooking]

This current generation of youth has diluted the meaning of the word awesome so that even eating a snickers bar is awesome. He wrote awesome 23 times in that article alone, never mind the other articles he's written. Perhaps "awesome" is correct even as you redefine it.

[exit]

ok, what signs do you look for?

[cstuder]

I just added the Coding Horror-blog to my feeds. My code will magically get more awesome any minute now.

[dhotson]

This guy is awesomely good at stroking my ego. Upvoted.

[lolipop1]

I think there are two types of awesome coders.

The first type is extrovert and thinks of himself as an awesome coder. These people are known in the circle and are very few.

The second type is introvert and will not admit their awesomeness. As such, you generally don't know about this type until you've worked with them for a while.

[chopsueyar]

I did enjoy the Bruce Lee quote.

[wglb]

Considering of course, you should try to keep the ego in check, I would say "too late".

[mrhappy]

yet another ass hole.