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Signs that you're a good programmer (yacoset.com)
16 points by greenyoda on March 8, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments


I read both the "good" and "bad" programmer articles, and must now confess:

1. I'm a "fantastic" programmer who is "destined for more."

2. I'm a bad programmer.


The number-one sign appears to be: You're like the author


Sign that you're a bad person (pronounced 'karma whore'): Relinking something that is already practically linked at the top of HN. Seriously, this is linked at the top of the article currently at the top of hn (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9167008). You don't have to link us and this is a clear and dumb grab at stupid imaginary points.

The number of slots on the front page are limited at a given time. This is already effectively on the front page, so re-posting it is effectively wasting a slot.


"Seriously, this is linked at the top of the article currently at the top of hn"

Nobody in the original thread has commented on this other article yet, and I thought it was different enough and interesting enough that it could provoke a discussion of its own. Sorry to have offended you, but I post stuff because I think it contributes to HN, not to get points. Also, if an article doesn't get upvoted, it falls off the front page very quickly.


Please don't be rude. The second paragraph makes your point just fine.




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