So I was thinking about being older today, and I saw this Louis CK clip about how older people are smarter - "Older people are smarter, and if you get into an argument with someone who's older, you should listen. It doesn't mean they're always right; but even if they're wrong, their wrongness is rooted in more experience."
Not a programmer!
I read the post "Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice" on the weekend. It is mostly aimed at permanent employees at companies, although I thought there were some useful takeaways for contractors as well.
Below is my summary of the points that resonated with me:
Brett's Law of Reusability...
"Any sufficiently complex bit of code is hard to make easily reusable without abstracting it to a level in which it is essentially useless."