Topic 53 | Pride and Prejudice |
You have delighted us long enough.
Pragmatic Programmers don't shirk from responsibility. Instead, we rejoice in accepting challenges and in making our expertise well known. If we are responsible for a design, or a piece of code, we do a job we can be proud of.
| Tip 97 | Sign Your Work |
Artisans of an earlier age were proud to sign their work. You should be, too.
Project teams are still made up of people, however, and this rule can cause trouble. On some projects, the idea of code ownership can cause cooperation problems. People may become territorial, or unwilling to work on common foundation elements. The project may end up like a bunch of insular little fiefdoms. You become prejudiced ...
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