Comments on: Gender differences in coding styles? http://brucefwebster.com/2008/06/09/gender-differences-in-coding-styles/ Making IT work since 1974. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:45:06 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: inactivist http://brucefwebster.com/2008/06/09/gender-differences-in-coding-styles/comment-page-1/#comment-112 inactivist Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:51:29 +0000 http://brucefwebster.com/?p=44#comment-112 I guess I'm female, then, even if I am burdened with male physical attributes :D I always consider those who follow in my footsteps, even if I sometimes fail to live up to my ideals in every situation. And I'm appalled by those who seem not to care about those who live downstream when dumping toxic waste into the stream (coding without care for those who follow.) But then, I've had to do maintenance programming, on my code as well as the stuff produced by others. Nothing makes you more sensitive to code quality, IMO. If one has to generalize, I'd say: Beware those who never have to maintain their product. I guess I’m female, then, even if I am burdened with male physical attributes :D

I always consider those who follow in my footsteps, even if I sometimes fail to live up to my ideals in every situation.

And I’m appalled by those who seem not to care about those who live downstream when dumping toxic waste into the stream (coding without care for those who follow.)

But then, I’ve had to do maintenance programming, on my code as well as the stuff produced by others. Nothing makes you more sensitive to code quality, IMO. If one has to generalize, I’d say: Beware those who never have to maintain their product.

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