Hank Rainwater has a very nice book about leading software teams called "Herding Cats, a primer for programmers who lead programmers".
In this book there are some interesting categories laid out for the style and attitude of every programmer.
The major breeds are:
Architect
Constructionist
Artist
Engineer
Scientist
Speed demon
The minor breeds are:
Magician
Minimalist
Analogist
Toymaker
The mongrels being
Slob
Intimidated
Amateur
Ignoramus
You can read the first chapter of this book and find out about the descriptions for all of the above here.
In the recent projects, we've dealt with three constructionists, one speed demon, an artist, an intimidated a minimalist and an engineer. hmm.... and the result of all these breeds working together ?? Well there can be certain configurations that can really work well. Herding cats ...
Stay away from the Ignoramus.
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