Dan Bricklin posts about the "Programmers at Work Reunion" that happened at SD. "Programmers at Work" is a classic book from the mid-80s that interviewed several of the most influential PC programmers of the time, from Bill Gates to Gary Kildall. Many of the profilees were on a panel the other night at SD. What do great programmers of the 80s say is important? Stuff like "design the data structures first" and The really great programs I've written have all been ones that I have thought about for a huge amount of time before I ever wrote them" and here's the money quote: >
"You've got to be willing to read other people's code, and then write your own, then have other people review your code. You've got to want to be in this incredible feedback loop where you get the world-class people to tell you what you're doing wrong..."
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