Special, so special Posted on July 10th
“Earlier today, I was plowing through some old emails, and I came upon a link Cory sent me a couple months ago. He knew I was off to Microsoft to study new software engineers and thought I might be interested in a post from Paul Johnson's blog about how there is no process for programming. I commented on some of the details of his post, namely that I thought professionals deserve a little more respect than I thought he gave them by saying, "Think about other important areas of human endeavor: driving a car, flying a plane, running a company, designing a house, teaching a child, curing a disease, selling insurance, fighting a lawsuit. In every case the core of the activity is well understood: ...” Tagged as Research, Technology, Writing | 1 Comment » | Continue
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