What specifically is your definition of "the extras"?
please describe your experience as a software engineer, or ninja, or ninja rockstar, or rockstar. where did you learn your licks or star-throwing abilities, and how long did you use them? On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Josh Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > Neal, thanks for taking the poll. > The silly terminology was all tongue-in-cheek [?] , and yes, I tried hard > to keep it short-and-sweet. > As for the ridiculous term "IT peasant" (I think I made that up): I > actually think that quite a few top developers *don't* do the "extras." > They focus on doing their jobs well, learn new skills and meet colleagues > in the context of their jobs. But the relative proportion of each type is > an interesting question that I'm trying to learn more about. > Josh > On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Neal Clark <[email protected]>wrote: >> I took your idiotic, reductive, manager-fashion-word survey. I'm an "IT >> Peasant," apparently. >> >> I guess I should publish more open source code. I should apparently obsess >> over it, so as to gain the interest in know-nothings. >> >> for those who haven't taken the survey, the questionnaire places all of >> us into 1 of 3 categories: >> >> 1. "Ninja Rockstar" >> 2. "Rockstar" >> 3. "IT Peasont" >> >> (vomit, on all three counts) >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Josh Fox <**[email protected]** >> ="mailto:[email protected]";>> wrote: >> >>> *> As a nice follow up, when you article is up can you ping the thread >>> again?* >>> >>> Yup, I'll do that. >>> >>> Josh >>> >>> Writer: *Business >>> Insider<http://blog.fiveyearitch.com/p/three-articles-fiveyearitch-business.html> >>> /Brazen Careerist <http://blog.brazencareerist.com/author/joshfox/>* >>> Founder, *FiveYearItch.com <http://fiveyearitch.com/>* >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Zach g <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> As a nice follow up, when you article is up can you ping the thread >>>> again? Would love to read the results. >>>> >>>> On Jun 13, 2013, at 3:00 AM, Josh Fox <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> For an article I'm writing (for Brazen Careerist/Business Insider), I'd >>>> like to ask: >>>> >>>> Do you do the ninja thing -- pardon the gawdawful expression* ☺* ? >>>> >>>> How common is it really to commit open-source code, rack up >>>> StackOverflow karma, and continually learn new technologies? Or do people >>>> just "do their jobs"? >>>> >>>> I'm guessing that a small proportion of active bloggers gives us an >>>> exaggerated sense of these things; or maybe it really is common. >>>> >>>> I put together a *quick three-question >>>> poll*<http://blog.fiveyearitch.com/p/for-article-for-brazen.html>. >>>> I made it to be fun to answer, and when you do it, you can see where you >>>> stand. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Josh >>>> >>>> Writer: *Business >>>> Insider<http://blog.fiveyearitch.com/p/three-articles-fiveyearitch-business.html> >>>> /Brazen Careerist <http://blog.brazencareerist.com/author/joshfox/>* >>>> Founder, *FiveYearItch.com <http://fiveyearitch.com/>* >>>> >>>> -- >>> -- >>> SD Ruby mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "SD Ruby" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> -- >> SD Ruby mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SD Ruby" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > -- > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD > Ruby" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SD Ruby" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
