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Humility-Driven Development
Practicing the Timeless Wisdom of Egoless Programming
This book is 8% completeLast updated on 2022-03-16
In 1971, Gerald M. Weinberg introduced the world to Egoless Programming. I was first introduced to these ten commandments by my dear friend Ted Neward. Seven years my senior, these commandments ring as true today as ever! I hope they inspire, guide, and chide you as you play the collaborative game we lovingly call Software Engineering.
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NOTE TO READERS: At the time I started this project, I was a different person, and the world was a different place. While I still believe deeply in the principles of this book, I have lost the passion I had for finishing a digital product that would produce passive income. It was also an experiment in self-publishing, and experiment that ultimately failed, as I have abandoned all of the primary social media channels I would have used for marketing such an endeavour. So, I've decided to retire this book rather than complete it.
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Many years ago, my dear friend Ted Neward introduced me to the notion of Egoless Programming. The Ten Commandments described herein have guided (and chided) me throughout my career as a Software Engineer, Architect, Manager, and Field CTO.
While working my way through the January 2022 cohort of Ship 30 for 30, I decided to write an essay on the Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming, and it quickly became one of my most popular Atomic Essays. This inspired me to write a follow-up series of essays on each commandment, and several of these proved popular as well. I've now packaged and enriched these essays in book form.
I hope they inspire, guide, and chide you as you play the collaborative game we lovingly call Software Engineering.
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Matt Stine
Member of the Shouting Class • Indignant Curmudgeon • Domain-Oriented Adaptive Software Architectures • Bitter Southerner • PKM • Staff+ Engineer • https://mattstine.com
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