Red Squirrel Reflections
Dave Hoover explores the psychology of software development
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Red Squirrel Reflections
Dave Hoover explores the psychology of software development
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Sun, 27 Mar 2005I am forever chomping at the bit to create something novel. From a very young age, I have wanted to write a book. And I still do. My ideas for what to write about have changed radically over the years. From fantasy to science fiction to children's poetry to adolescent psychology to programmer psychology and now onto software craftsmanship.Pete wrote about the new imperative of software craftsmanship. Dave and Andy wrote about the practices that can take you from journeyman to master. But how does one transition from apprentice to journeyman? This is the journey that I have been on over the last several years. And some thoughts are spinning around in my head about how to communicate to aspiring software craftsmen what has worked for me. But I've got a bit of writer's block lately. I am trying to keep the words of C.S. Lewis in the back of my mind: "No man who values originality will ever be original. But try to tell the truth as you see it, try to do any bit of work as well as it can be done for the work's sake, and what men call originality will come unsought." --The Weight of Glory, p. 175 |
