THE CODE ISSUE 14
Here is another one of my favorite quotes from the special double issue of Bloomberg Businessweek on computer coding. This one reveals how programmers can be passionately committed to their personal opinions of what is best for their coding productivity (Paul Ford, “The Code Issue”, 6/15/15–6/28/15, pp. 60, 62):
“ As a class, programmers are easily bored, love novelty, and are obsessed with various forms of productivity enhancement. God help you if you’re ever caught in the middle of a conversation about nutrition; standing desks; the best keyboards; the optimal screen position and distance; whether to use a plain text editor or a large, complex development environment; chair placement; the best music to code to; the best headphones; whether headphone amplifiers actually enhance listening; whether open-plan offices are better than individual or shared offices; the best bug-tracking software; the best programming methodology; the right way to indent code and the proper placement of semicolons; or, of course, which language is better. And whatever you do, never, ever ask a developer about productivity software. ”
