The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Developers

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J.D. Meier — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:29:58 GMT

Nice distillation -- you hit the keys.

I particularly like -- "ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn" and "focus on value" ... and nothing happens without "passion."

I think success is a combo of playing to your strengths, reducing liabilities, and following your passion.

Here's a related post you might enjoy -- 7 Habits of Highly Effective PMs - http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/archive/2007/04/09/7-habbits-of-effective-program-managers.aspx

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David Linsin — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:13:53 GMT

Great post! I totally concur, except for the last habit. I think sometimes you have to stand up and raise your voice - thus go against the group - in order to make a difference in a team. That said, you shouldn't do that all the time :-)

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funkyboy — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:42:35 GMT

Greate post. I think passion is the most important "requirement" :)

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Frank W Holt — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:19:10 GMT

Absolulte a great post!

As for the above comments about the last habbit, IMHO, John was talking about the hard-headed arrogant programmer who wont 'listent' to the team and is convinced that theirs is the right/only way.

Opinions from team members are very important. They usually lead to discussions which result in great ideas. Sometimes the 'heated' discussions are related to the 'Passionate' habbit.

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Waqar Ali Khan — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:52:59 GMT

Great Points!

You noticed some major areas on which we should focus, good work.

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passionate smarty — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:08:24 GMT

re:

Contrast this with the arrogant, rogue and cowboy developers who go against team standards or design intents because "that's how I do it" or "that's how you should do it." The message they are really sending is "I am smarter than the team."

hey guess, what? sometimes the' rogue' or 'cowboy' really *is* smarater then the 'team'

yeah, not politically correct, but it happens

a lot

i have been in more than one mediocre oganization; in fact they are the stastical norm

and dont' tell me go somewhere else, because in practice that's not always easy, due to economy or location, etc

'agile' and 'teams' etc are nice buzz-phrases, but sometimes reality doesnt quite fit the latest fad; sometimes life isnt fair; sometimes some people really *are* better

btw: i did not dumb myself down the last time this happened, but it did take almost a year to find a better job; meanwhile i tried to mentor the junior programmers around me, with mixed success; i was careful not to be arrogant, but if you could see their code.....

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prasanth — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:56:54 GMT

Good post.

Thanks

Prashant Jalasutram

http://prashantjalasutram.blogspot.com/

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re: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Developers

sean — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:22:27 GMT

effective development by microsoft..... don't push it

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gsempe — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:08:48 GMT

For the first point, I would like to balance passion with feelings/behaviours like personal satisfaction, self-centeredness which are difficults things to detect when you try to evaluate passionate people.

Otherwise, interesting post for junior developers.