I don't care much for the "no true Scotsman" nonsense, but I don't agree that someone should be listening to out dated advice. If you meant it as a story about the glory years then ok.
> This grandparent which included intimate secrets of my success and earned nothing and this little joke:
The one where you showed you were good at real estate? Are you here to earn imaginary points or to communicate with like minded people? You need a couple hundred karma to get downvote ability but after that? Who cares.
>Then people like you tell me I'm wrong
Your methodology is no longer the most effective way to develop software. One can still do it, but one would be artificially limiting what they're capable of.
EDIT: Edited to remove some of the unnecessary barbs. No one likes to be told they are what's wrong with anything but no one wins a flame war.
You're the one who started with unsubstantiated claims about how the OP was a poor programmer because he didn't follow your methodology. If edw has managed to find a method that works for him, why shouldn't he share it? You can take it or leave it. If you feel the need, you can also tell him where you think he is going wrong. But there is no need to start by insulting people or telling them that you can code circles around them. Edw may be the worse coder, but you've come across as the bigger dick.
Programming today isn't like programming in the 70's. We're dealing with vastly more complexity now. Edw's old school methodology may have served him well in his day but a new person taking this on will never be able to keep up for the same reason some guy with a mule and plow can't keep up with a modern farm.
>you can code circles around them
My point wasn't that I can code circles around him but that modern practice can code circles around him. Which is something he could take up as well.
I don't care much for the "no true Scotsman" nonsense, but I don't agree that someone should be listening to out dated advice. If you meant it as a story about the glory years then ok.
> This grandparent which included intimate secrets of my success and earned nothing and this little joke:
The one where you showed you were good at real estate? Are you here to earn imaginary points or to communicate with like minded people? You need a couple hundred karma to get downvote ability but after that? Who cares.
>Then people like you tell me I'm wrong
Your methodology is no longer the most effective way to develop software. One can still do it, but one would be artificially limiting what they're capable of.
EDIT: Edited to remove some of the unnecessary barbs. No one likes to be told they are what's wrong with anything but no one wins a flame war.