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Samurai Developers

03.04.2014 by Sergey Vasilyev Leave a Comment

There are software developers much more skilled than what is usually called “guru”. I call them “samurai” developers.

While junior developers like the beauty of code they write, intermediate developers like the beauty of system architecture they design, and senior (guru) developers like the business effectiveness of market products they roll out, samurai developers like the beauty of doing nothing. Literally.

By the end of the 12th century, samurai became almost entirely synonymous with bushi, and the word was closely associated with the middle and upper echelons of the warrior class. The samurai followed a set of rules that came to be known as bushidō. /Wikipedia/

So here is a code of conduct of the samurai developer. It is definitely not bushidō direct adaptation, but mostly a poetic interpretation of what is associated with samurais.

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Posted in: Development, Management Tagged: bushido, developer, development, guru, intermediate, junior, management, pattern, samurai, senior, team

Lower EQ is better for you

23.03.2014 by Sergey Vasilyev 1 Comment

Brain and masksEmotional intelligence (EQ) is considered to be much more important than usual intelligence metrics, such as IQ. We use IQ only to solve logical problems. And we use EQ to solve every other problem we meet in our life: at work, at home, in family, with friends, on the streets, so on. This is EQ that defines our everyday behavior, not IQ.

Once in a while, 13 months and 13 days ago I did an EQ test. 13 months and 13 days ago my score was 61 out of 100. After 13 months and 13 days of training my EQ by observing and noticing others’ emotions, taking others’ emotions into consideration, introspecting my own thoughts and emotions, so on, I’ve ended up with 77 out of 100.

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Posted in: Management Tagged: career, ceo, cto, emotional intelligence, eq, intelligence quotient, iq, management, metrics, psychology, self-improvment, startup, success, vp

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