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By: regulator

regulator — Thu, 13 May 2010 09:24:28 +0000

A bit of business acumen would be wise to apply. When your baby becomes popular you need to grow with the demand, and that means get out of your cubby hole, uninstall your IDE, and start managing your new relationships.

If you want to stay in your zone then hire some business managers to do the relationship building for you – and that requires you relinquishing strategic control.

Seen this happen first hand with a univerity lecturer who wrote some software that became quite successful, got to the point where he could no longer cope, fortunately he got some professional services who incorporated his company and his software became a global success for almost a decade.

By: rene_silva

rene_silva — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:54:41 +0000

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By: Ville Laurikari

Ville Laurikari — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:53:45 +0000

Ivan, right on. In stage 4 you start getting all those “good problems”. But for the lead developer, it’s hard to see what’s so good about them. All he sees is the problems. Stage 4 is also when a smaller and smaller portion of the total goodness is coming to the lead developer…

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By: Ivan

Ivan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:51:01 +0000

That’s funny, because stage 4 is exactly when the product begins to become valuable.

By: jot*be’s soup

jot*be’s soup — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:52:08 +0000

“Now, you’re afraid to open your email. In fact, you avoid opening your email…”…

Now, you’re afraid to open your email. In fact, you avoid opening your email before lunch just so you could get something done. In response, people begin calling your mobile and checking by your office if you don’t answer their email in 10 minutes. …

By: sydlawrence

sydlawrence — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:39:44 +0000

So true: The grumpy asshole programmer http://bit.ly/2FmpYU. Hilarious… (via @thaberkern, @denderello, @stunami)

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By: srcnix

srcnix — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:37:59 +0000

Brilliant: RT @stunami: RT @denderello: So true: The grumpy asshole programmer http://bit.ly/2FmpYU. Hilarious… (via @thaberkern)

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By: zaidcrowe

zaidcrowe — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:37:38 +0000

This is a feeling
I know well… RT @thaberkern: So true: The grumpy asshole programmer http://bit.ly/2FmpYU. Hilarious…

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By: newmetl

newmetl — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:26:07 +0000

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By: pixelmeister

pixelmeister — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:24:33 +0000

Wie wahr: The Grumpy Asshole Programmer http://bit.ly/2FmpYU

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By: denderello

denderello — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:45:46 +0000

So true: The grumpy asshole programmer http://bit.ly/2FmpYU. Hilarious… (via @thaberkern)

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By: thaberkern

thaberkern — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:13:04 +0000

So true: The grumpy asshole programmer http://bit.ly/2FmpYU. Hilarious…

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By: jamessmith25

jamessmith25 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:21:06 +0000

The Birth of the Grumpy Asshole Programmer http://digg.com/u1EHd0

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By: eabarquez

eabarquez — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:59:43 +0000

Some really nice thoughts. I think this one might have struck a nerve. Thanks for posting.

By: eabarquez

eabarquez — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:56:42 +0000

“The Birth of the Grumpy Asshole Programmer” – http://bit.ly/uJ0i9

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By: nandihno

nandihno — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:12:35 +0000

so true so true…have encounter many in my working life..! http://bit.ly/2FmpYU

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By: ossreleasefeed

ossreleasefeed — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:30:23 +0000

The Birth of the Grumpy Asshole Programmer – http://bit.ly/1QAIj9

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By: rodevangelista

rodevangelista — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:42:39 +0000

@CarecaOnLine muito bom, lembrei de vc qdo assumiu o f***ing NBuddy HAHAH http://bit.ly/2FmpYU

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By: iamfender

iamfender — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:04:23 +0000

hits a little too close to home http://bit.ly/2FmpYU

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By: ricardjp

ricardjp — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:48:33 +0000

The Birth of the Grumpy Asshole Programmer – http://bit.ly/2FmpYU (via @DZone)

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By: mattkenefick

mattkenefick — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:12:38 +0000

This is quite true http://bit.ly/2FmpYU

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By: davitferreira

davitferreira — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:56:56 +0000

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By: mmurph211

mmurph211 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:53:51 +0000

The Birth of the Grumpy Asshole Programmer http://bit.ly/2FmpYU

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By: Grumpy1

Grumpy1 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:59:39 +0000

Hey that totally happened to me, i am right now got myself out of job and self healing, My mind has struck the vaccum its not moving out. I enjoyed your post thanx

By: kuzushi

kuzushi — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:54:54 +0000

@hashedbits: I love your post http://bit.ly/uJ0i9 !

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By: Ville Laurikari

Ville Laurikari — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:36:28 +0000

That’s an interesting observation – I had the typical corporate setting in mind when I wrote this. The tendency to like building new things is behind both phenomena, it’s just that in the corporate world you have no choice. In volunteer projects, you can just drop out and do the next interesting thing. No need to become so grumpy: if you don’t like it anymore you just move on. And yes, it is a big problem in open source projects, especially the smaller ones.

Many programmers don’t know what they’re signing up for when they start work with a new product. They love the first part where they get to build the new things, and they aren’t maybe quite aware, or at least haven’t accepted, that the second and less exhilarating part is going to come and their role will change.

By: Crossbrowser

Crossbrowser — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:14:03 +0000

I think that’s one of the biggest problem with most Open Source software: everyone wants to implement new features and flashy things, but no one wants to spend time fixing bugs that doesn’t concern them directly.

By: hackerboss

hackerboss — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:29:58 +0000

Blogged: The Birth of the Grumpy Asshole Programmer: http://bit.ly/uJ0i9

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