Comments on: How to be a Rockstar Programmer http://blog.billeisenhauer.com/2006/11/12/how-to-be-a-rockstar-programmer/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:54:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Bill Eisenhauer http://blog.billeisenhauer.com/2006/11/12/how-to-be-a-rockstar-programmer/#comment-5 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:16:45 +0000 http://blog.billeisenhauer.com/2006/11/12/how-to-be-a-rockstar-programmer/#comment-5 Hey Peter, Its funny you mention that book -- I actually have it, but its not what inspired the post. Glad you appreciated the post, though. Will you be a rockstar? As I mentioned to a friend, the recipe is easy to draw up, execution is the hard part. As someone who has spent a great deal of time in an IT organization, my opinion is that you may find yourself as a standout in the marching band that is IT. But working for a product company is more likely to enable you to stand out. I ask: who gets the girl? The drum major (no famous names come to mind) or Jon Bon Jovi (dating myself, but you get the point). Bill Hey Peter,

Its funny you mention that book — I actually have it, but its not what inspired the post.

Glad you appreciated the post, though. Will you be a rockstar? As I mentioned to a friend, the recipe is easy to draw up, execution is the hard part.

As someone who has spent a great deal of time in an IT organization, my opinion is that you may find yourself as a standout in the marching band that is IT. But working for a product company is more likely to enable you to stand out. I ask: who gets the girl? The drum major (no famous names come to mind) or Jon Bon Jovi (dating myself, but you get the point).

Bill

]]> by: Peter Burkholder http://blog.billeisenhauer.com/2006/11/12/how-to-be-a-rockstar-programmer/#comment-4 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:39:14 +0000 http://blog.billeisenhauer.com/2006/11/12/how-to-be-a-rockstar-programmer/#comment-4 You encapsulate in one posting what took Chad Fowler the whole of the book "My Job Went to India":http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/mjwti/ Thanks, Peter You encapsulate in one posting what took Chad Fowler the whole of the book “My Job Went to India”:http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/mjwti/

Thanks,

Peter

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