Comments on: On The Value Of Fundamentals In Software Development

By: 高兴的一天 « Flyer's Blog

高兴的一天 « Flyer's Blog — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:16:22 +0000

[...] way I don’t like it. Noone wants to invest the time to learn anything really deeply, not computer science fundamentals, not the latest tech you’re working with, not even the language you’ve been coding in [...]

By: Alan Skorkin

Alan Skorkin — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:10:52 +0000

Thanks Gabriel, much appreciated.

By: Gabriel Rodriguez

Gabriel Rodriguez — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:42:33 +0000

I friggin’ love your blog posts dude and style of writing. Really keep it up.

By: Akshay

Akshay — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:57:36 +0000

Hi Alan,
I like your post, especially the simple way to explain any point with real time example. Even I used to say about Martial arts example to explain it to fellow friends.

To share little more, We say say programmer has three phases in his/her life Jackie Chan, Bruce Willis and James Bond (generalized way) :
1. In starting they are naive, have little knowledge, ask lot of questions (similar to sounds produced by Jackie Chain..hoo haaa hiii) and then fails a lot many times then expected :)
2. Then they learn, practice and gets better. Now when a problem comes, they get bruises, blooded just like Mr BW but keep trying hard and hard until they solve it themselves (learning more basics, practicing and using them wherever needed). Just like we see in Bruce Willis (Die Hard series).
3. Then they get expertize and they no more need to look into books or API again and again. If some new technology or API comes in, it just takes minimal time for them to implement it as if they know whats into it. We call them Genius or James Bond level who even fires a bullet in any direction but it will only hit the Villain :) .

They are the strongest amongst all and we adore them and want to be like them.

Thanks,
Akshay

By: Alan Skorkin

Alan Skorkin — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:00:55 +0000

Unfortunately I can’t read that, but I am sure it’s profound :).

By: googya

googya — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:09:08 +0000

you are not the only one who believes in value of the fundamentals,me too!

in china，there is a quote ,”基础不牢，地动山摇”

By: phunculist

phunculist — Sun, 09 May 2010 11:50:13 +0000

[...] since all programmers are likely to encounter web programming at some point, the URL is one of the fundamentals of programming that developers should master. I agree with [...]

By: links for 2010-05-05 | Michael Ong | On9 Systems

links for 2010-05-05 | Michael Ong | On9 Systems — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:15:52 +0000

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By: Muhammad U

Muhammad U — Wed, 05 May 2010 08:07:23 +0000

Wow! This is just a great post.

It made me think through what I’m currently learning. Recently I’ve been skimming around with languages and this really pushes me to go read all the details of everything I’m picking up for further development of my own programming skills.

By: Rakesh Malik

Rakesh Malik — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:58:21 +0000

I agree. When I interview candidates I try to make sure that I ask them questions that they don’t know the answer to, and if they can’t honestly tell me that they don’t know, then I immediately gives them the thumbs down.

I do respect people who tell me that they don’t know the answer, but are willing to try to reason their way through an attempt to find a solution, especially if they can work with feedback and commentary as I offer it in response. I’ve found that the better interviewers share that attitude; they don’t care as much that you didn’t know, but rather that you didn’t lie and that you can think and collaborate.