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The Myth of the Genius Programmer

on YouTube 38m
Talkat EuroPython 2011 · 2011-06-20..06-26· [career-development]

speaker

name:Brian Fitzpatrick
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resources

video:https://youtu.be/IY96mgfZ_TM
slides:none on file

summary

Argues that lone genius work is rare and costly, showing concrete practices that scale: measure and raise the bus factor by sharing code and decision-making; prefer quick prototype then collaborate cycles so ideas fail fast and learn faster; use code reviews and visible history to turn mistakes into documentation; pick tool defaults (Google Code, distributed VCS, simple auth) that encourage trust; time collaboration to the sweet spot—idea, runnable prototype, invite contributors—so work gets useful adoption instead of languishing.

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chapters (11)

  1. 0:00Start
  2. 0:05The Myth of the "Genius Programmer"
  3. 5:18Insecurity
  4. 9:23Lose the Ego
  5. 10:14Criticism is not Evil
  6. 11:52Embrace Failure
  7. 14:01Practice is key
  8. 20:36Too late
  9. 22:08Sweet Spot!
  10. 22:48Case Study: Subversion
  11. 24:28Case Study: Ben & Fitz

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