My Programming Type - Bill's House O Insomnia
A dear friend of mine, Bill Ryan posted a bit about what type of programmer he is, based on Doolwind's Programmer Personality Test.
I took the test as well, just out of curiosity and here's the response i got:
Your programmer personality type is:
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You're a Doer.
You are very quick at getting tasks done. You believe the outcome is the most important part of a task and the faster you can reach that outcome the better. After all, time is money.
You like coding at a High level.
The world is made up of objects and components, you should create your programs in the same way.
You work best in a Solo situation.
The best way to program is by yourself. There's no communication problems, you know every part of the code allowing you to write the best programs possible.
You are a Conservative programmer.
The less code you write, the less chance there is of it containing a bug. You write short and to the point code that gets the job done efficiently.
I suppose the test is as Bill says, very black and white..
I like compact code which some apparently think is hard to decipher if it wasn't for my comments - i find it extremely easy and logical to read (and write obviously). On the other hand, long-winded code makes me impatient.
I'm not entirely sure about the "Doer"..eventhough i like to get my hands dirty, i'm a firm believer in planning what you're doing.
Also, "Solo"...well i work solo for the most part of the day but i do actually enjoy working in a team environment more.
"Conservative Programmer"...i suppose that's correct...
"High Level"...yeps...one of the reasons i like the .Net framework as much as i do is that i definitely do NOT want to re-invent the wheel each time i have to achieve something...and the fact that the framework is powerful and flexible is an added bonus for sure.