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In my defense, I am a strong proponent of refactoring to make all problems shallow. So there are classes of bug that I will see before anyone else because I move the related bits around and it becomes obvious that there are missing modes in the decision tree.

I tend to believe that discipline and tenacity are separate traits. Often appearing in the same people, but different skills with different exercises.




Bingo, that is very well put. Discipline is where I’ll tend to fall short. :-)


Discipline is a funny word. Some of mine I’m very proud of, and some/many others don’t value it at all. But they sure tell me about how my behavior doesn’t align with their definition of discipline.

I know when I leave projects, my ex coworkers defend my decisions. I’ve gotta be doing something right.




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