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An essential part of being a humble programmer is realizing that whenever there’s a problem with the code you’ve written, it’s always your fault. This is aptly summarized in The Pragmatic Programmer as “Select Isn’t Broken”
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The restrictiveness of big company jobs is particularly hard on programmers, because the essence of programming is to build new things.
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“1: It makes employees unhappy. 2: It gives abrasive customers an unfair advantage. 3: Some customers are bad for business. 4: It results in worse customer service. 5: Some customers are just plain wrong.”
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“This book is about happiness at work. It’s for employees and managers both. It’s for new hires and grizzled veterans. It’s for people working in small startups, in big corporations and in government.”
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