From 4a16bd141fe1489d684d96362f73d1df25580c23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bdale Garbee Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:01:00 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] post --- .../posts/Programmer_Personality_Test.mdwn | 34 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 bdale/blog/posts/Programmer_Personality_Test.mdwn diff --git a/bdale/blog/posts/Programmer_Personality_Test.mdwn b/bdale/blog/posts/Programmer_Personality_Test.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..32ac322 --- /dev/null +++ b/bdale/blog/posts/Programmer_Personality_Test.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +A long-time friend pointed me to another "categorize yourself" site the +other day, this time it's a + +Programmer Personality Test. He pointed out that it's only 12 +questions, wouldn't take long, and he'd be +interested in how I scored. I found the questions really irritating, but +the results led to some interesting discussion that my friend suggested might +be worth a blog entry. + +I get either a DLSB or PLSB, depending on which arbitrary choices I make on +several questions where neither option is at all representative of my world +view. He found this interesting, since I'm the only other person he's talked +to about this that also got a P. He also noted that LS seems to be very +strong in all the "real programmers" he knows, and wondered if that might be +why managing programmers is so much like herding cats. + +One of the bits that I find so artificial about this is that the model that +I personally find most effective in the loner/group continuum isn't reflected +by the questions at all. It's neither a "do it all myself" nor a "engage with +everyone before doing anything" approach. The free software community +collaboration experience has proven to me that the most effective +approach is a hybrid, where you "do something" followed by engaging +collaborators, who may well help you decide to throw a lot away, which is ok +if it was a learning experience, and/or it leads to a better result. In the +end, you may not even be the center of attention or "owner" of the result. + +In fact, often the way to get something done right is ensure that you get the +right person to do it, which often isn't yourself... but the strategy for +getting the right person to do it is almost never to engage in group-think +before doing any work! It seems to me that in our community, leading usually +starts with doing, while success is related to who else gets motivated to +follow your lead and join in the doing... + +[[!tag tags/misc]] -- 2.30.2