From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2004-06-10T02:38:39+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Unit tests ... not just for the young

In article <811f2f1c0406090929564fedc9@mail.gmail.com>,
Michael Campbell  <michael.campbell@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:03:27 +0900, Sean O'Dell <sean@celsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> Ditto.  When hiring an artist, should one be wary of people who want to be an
>> artist forever?  When hiring a gardener, should one be wary of people who
>> want to garden forever?  I don't see the logic in refusing to hire a person
>> because they love their work and want to keep doing it the rest of their
>> life.
>
>
>This translates to me to not wanting to learn, and that I can do without.
>
>

Not true at all.  There are always new 
techniques/languages/patterns/methodologies/algorithms to learn in our 
field.  There's certainly enough room for self-improvement for many years. 
I don't see that it's bad to want to continue to improve your 
level of craftsmanship.

I tend to agree with the idea that it takes a good 10 years to become 
competent at software development. Why should we want to leave programming 
just when we're getting good at it?

Phil