Comments on: Are You a Good Developer or a Bad Developer? http://virtuocity.com/2006/11/22/are-you-a-good-developer-or-a-bad-developer/ Planning and Managing Human-Friendly Development and Growth Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:19:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Isabel http://virtuocity.com/2006/11/22/are-you-a-good-developer-or-a-bad-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Isabel Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:42:09 +0000 http://virtuocity.com/2006/11/22/are-you-a-good-developer-or-a-bad-developer/#comment-13 Thanks for the pointer! Of course, you're quite right that there's far more at work for developers than the issue of community contribution, but I think that Perica's point was that 'good' developers are differentiated from 'bad' ones by their concern for the project's community integration. The definition here has more to do with a developer's public reputation as 'good' or 'bad;' I apologize if the title was misleading. Thanks for the pointer! Of course, you’re quite right that there’s far more at work for developers than the issue of community contribution, but I think that Perica’s point was that ‘good’ developers are differentiated from ‘bad’ ones by their concern for the project’s community integration. The definition here has more to do with a developer’s public reputation as ‘good’ or ‘bad;’ I apologize if the title was misleading.

]]> By: Richard Layman http://virtuocity.com/2006/11/22/are-you-a-good-developer-or-a-bad-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Richard Layman Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:23:32 +0000 http://virtuocity.com/2006/11/22/are-you-a-good-developer-or-a-bad-developer/#comment-7 Umm, you really need to read <a href="http://nw-ar.com/face/molotch.html" rel="nofollow">City as a Growth Machine: Toward a Political Economy of Place</a>" by Harvey Molotch. The average developer will "contribute" to social and community concerns to the extent that marginal returns are still revenue positive... Umm, you really need to read City as a Growth Machine: Toward a Political Economy of Place” by Harvey Molotch.

The average developer will “contribute” to social and community concerns to the extent that marginal returns are still revenue positive…

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