When I read the article on inter-sections.net I just felt like .. wow .. I could almost go back in time to the interview for my current job and recognize many of the questions they asked me. It was so fun to read, to see that I at least fitted three or more of the core points in the article for how to recognize a good programmer. But even more I am glad to see that it is possible to digg for it, because I have some beliefs that not all programmers are able to loosen their jacket and talk freely in an interview.
I really like my current language, but at some times in my life it just sucks. I like web development, and Java doesn’t quite convince me to be a all year round language. For hidden background business logic and patterns where security is a big issue, yeah .. Java is a good starting point. But I really like scripted and parsed languages more, like PHP.
Ovet the last years I have made countless tries on making a blog or home page in PHP, XHTML and CSS. It has mostly always shown me that its really best to use already created solutions, because I can use my skills on other things instead of hacking with one specific thing for a long period of time.
When it comes to Java I must say that it has been really fun to develop all these chat servers and applications that use sockets, web services and the like. But as with most things, they become outdated and you notice that the frameworks does not actually manage to do it quite right. As an example java.io is outdated by java.nio. But then java.nio is so difficult to use. Why? I don’t know and should really like to see a framework for java.nio that kind of resembles the simplicity of java.io. If I don’t find it I will make it myself, and license it with GPL. But its all about time, and I get less and less time as my days goes by.
I love to program! Almost as much as I love my wife!
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