> To succeed in programming, you have to work well in a business. You can't be Linus Torvalds, walking around with a big ego, unless you're so important it's hard to get rid of you.
I keep running into the inverse of that at companies. People who put on a smile and a nice demeanor, but then fail to do any actual work and subsequently lie and politic to cover that up, leaving the rest of the group to play cleanup and cover. I've always loved working with the Torvalds, you do your work and all is well.
I keep running into the inverse of that at companies. People who put on a smile and a nice demeanor, but then fail to do any actual work and subsequently lie and politic to cover that up, leaving the rest of the group to play cleanup and cover. I've always loved working with the Torvalds, you do your work and all is well.