Sunday, 29 September 2013

The Myth Of the Rockstar Programmer

The Myth of the Rockstar Programmer is just that, a myth.
It's an unfortunate myth for a number of reasons.

It sets an unreasonable expectation for regular folks.
Calling out rockstars demotivates the team.

Telling someone they are a rockstar may cause them to
 actually believe it.
Reality is a normal distribution curve. 
Lots of good average senior developers, some amazing outliers and
some junior folks with potential. (and some folks that suck.)

Junior Engineer - Creates complex solutions to simple problems.

Engineer - Creates simple solutions to simple problems.

Senior Engineer - Creates simple solutions to complex problems.

Rockstar Engineer - Makes complex problems disappear.

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