Developers, developers, developers, developers…

@YaroslavBunyakSoftServe Inc.

newbie (aka n00b)

• tabula rasa

• no experience

• a lot of energy

• easy to hire

• work for food (cheap)

• lacks self-confidence

• knows everything

young genius

• expert knowledge of some technology / programming language

• not!

• rewrite everything!

• in theory, there is not difference between theory and practice

princess

• thinks everybody around should work hard to support him

• e.g.

• latest build is broken - can’t work

• bug in somebody’s code - won’t fix

• chair is uncomfortable - loose 80% of performance

analyst

• any problem / task / algorithm looks too complex to solve

• paralysis by analysis

architect

• prefers elegant architectures over elegant solutions

• OOP, patterns, etc.

• no KISSes

x#ятор

• quick results

• with lots of hacks, shims, bugs

• needs support staff (plumbers) to fix and polish a feature

• e.g.

• 1 day to implement

• 1.5 months to fix bugs and polish

• some companies love them, some hate them

+ $500

• work for moneyz, no strings attached

• jumps from company A to B to C for higher salary / dev level

• projects / tasks don’t matter

slacker

• coffee / smokes / game breaks every 15 minutes

• always “busy”

evangelist

• technology / company / process X will rule the world

• other technologies / companies Y are dumb

• go tell the world!

romantic

• programmers are of a special kind

• software is making our world a better place

shy guy

• avoids communication with colleagues

• prefers one-man tasks / projects

• skips team-building events

communicator

• talks with everybody - colleagues, clients, random people

• blah-blah-blah

tale-teller

• talks about imaginary personal achievements

• generates over 900 ideas a day

• but won’t take part in their implementation

adventurer

• not shy to learn new technologies / programming languages / platforms

• let’s do it!

pragmatic

• uses common sense

• uses own and other’s experience

• continuous self-improvement

• hard to find, takes time to raise

hacker

• can tackle practically any problem, even with math

• and finish it on time with good quality

• fixes impossible bugs

• gets things done!

superstar

• do not exist, probably

• do you know one?

• should be very expensive and hard to find / hire

Thank You! Questions?