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Ask HN: Is programming ability inversely correlated to sociability?
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Re: Ask HN: Is programming ability inversely correlated to sociability?
#12Knuth was in a fraternity, meaning living with a dozen people and going to parties, so I don't think asocial = great programmer. I also agree with the other posts that in the end it's really just design skills that makes a great programmer. Designing these highly complex systems to somehow all fit seamlessly together, be self documenting, be maintainable, easy to reason about for future optimization and easy to add f…
I don't think pointing out Knuth is valid in this case. What happens with people way outside the curve most likely does not apply to everyone within the standard deviation (or maybe even a few times it) .
I am not saying that I agree or disagree with the conclusion, mind you.