Tom Metro - Tag - In a past life… https://archive.jtimothyking.com/tags/tom-metro/ Tom Metro - Tag - In a past life… Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usWed, 12 Jun 2013 14:00:35 +0000 State-of-the-Art Computer Folklore (part 3) https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2013/06/12/state-of-the-art-computer-folklore-part-3/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:00:35 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2013/06/12/state-of-the-art-computer-folklore-part-3/ This is part 3 in my series of how the Mac reminded me why I fell in love with software development, and why it still matters.

While reading Andy Hertzfeld’s anecdotes (and those of his colleagues) of designing the original Macintosh computer, I was inspired, inspired to take account of my own passions, the passions that these stories reminded me of. Today, I continue that list:

“The Team Pair-programming”
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  • I love to create new patterns. I love solving problems through discovery, inventing that which has never existed before. (From part 1.)

  • I love applying principles in new ways. I love working with abstractions, and turning them into concrete expression. I love challenging the status quo, breaking through the limits of what everyone else says is “possible.” (From part 2.)

  • I love achieving status through collaboration, which is compassionate conflict. I am not a baboon. I do not achieve a sense of status by beating up (literally or figuratively) on my colleagues and friends. But I do expect to be recognized for the ideas I bring to the table, and I want to be taken seriously.

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