The pragmatic approach is to learn new technology as you need it while constantly keeping an eye on it, to contribute to StackOverflow only when you actually have a resolution that others don't, and to commit open-source code on personal (not company time) only if you improve upon the existing ecosystem (not yet another authentication gem!) As for the 'ninja' expression I understood this to be completely unrelated to contributions. To me a ninja is a coder that finds and fixes her way through code (other's not just his) so swiftly that, sitting beside her, all you can do is following her shadow. It's something who with deadly precision will zero in and nail tasks and bugs. It's something, most importantly, who dresses in black and only comes out in the darkest of the night, leaving no trace behind. In other words, not someone you'd task to build your house.
On Thursday, June 13, 2013 3:00:54 AM UTC-7, Josh Fox 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.
