Good Developers

要以什麼來評價一個好的開發人員?

1. Lines of code per day
2. Lines of correct code per day
3. Lines of correct, well-documented code per day
4. Lines of clean, simple, correct, well-documented code per day
5. Ability to solve customer problems quickly

對公司老闆, 業務, 非 RD 背景的主管來說, 答案應該是 5. 不過對 RD 來說, 答案會是 4. 當然 4+5 鐵定會是人見人愛的開發人員.

由 4 延伸出的意義會是:

1. Good developers do more with less code
2. Good developers write code with less bugs
3. Good developers write maintainable code

除了 coding 外呢?

• Good developers take ownership so you don’t have to (好的開發人員, 對交付的工作, 會主動且積極收集資料, 直到能夠開始 coding 為止)
• Programmers who understand the big picture make smarter decisions, because they are able to reuse code and combine features effectively. (對專案有愈完整的了解, 愈能將架構定得好.)
• Getting away from a problem sometimes is a good way to solve it (在黑暗中摸索, 偶爾換個方向, 會更容易走出去喔!)
• Code is not complete when a developer says it is complete. (不是寫完程式就算完成了, 可得自己測過, 測試人員測過, code review 過才算!)

此外, 資歷淺的開發人員常會犯 NIH 症候群 (Not Invented Here syndrome), 不是自己開發的不用. 要達到前面所述 4+5 的話, 可要想想以下幾點:

• Why build what you can buy?
• Why buy what you can borrow?
• Why borrow what you can steal?

不過要注意受權問題喔!

更多資訊:
- Haacked - 10 Developers For The Price Of One
- Fatherly Advice To New Programmers