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Zed Shaw: There Are No Famous Programmers

From There Are No Famous Programmers.


[T]oday I was offered a system administrator job, again. It was very humbling to say the least. It kind of knocked me out to have someone think through all the things their company needs and the only thing they could think I'd be good at was system administration.

Yep, just a system administrator. Still.

I still have to do programmer interviews like everyone else. No matter how much code I put out, I still have to solve stupid puzzles about coconuts and manholes. No matter how many web servers or email frameworks or database servers or chat servers or assemblers I write I still have to prove I can code. No matter how many copies of my software get deployed I still have to prove I can make reliable software..

If, with his obvious achievements. Zed Shaw gets mistaken for someone to do sysadmin work, maybe much less accomplished guys like me should just give up.

Having said that, what‘s the alternative?

First published on Jun 9, 2010. Last updated on: Jun 9, 2010.

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