I was just reading Daniel’s blog (in Danish) and saw that he had been taking a what-type-of-developer-are-you test. So I took the test and this is the result. It turns out that I’m a PHTC type.
PHTC
You're a Planner.
You may be slow, but you'll usually find the best solution. If something's worth doing, it's worth doing right.
You like coding at a High level.
The world is made up of objects and components, you should create your programs in the same way.
You work best in a Team.
A good group is better than the sum of it's parts. The only thing better than a genius programmer is a cohesive group of genius programmers.
You are a Conservative programmer.
The less code you write, the less chance there is of it containing a bug. You write short and to the point code that gets the job done efficiently.
Take the test here.
I really don't like that the C stands for conservative. Pragmatic would be a better fit.
Perspective
I’m not sure how scientific the test is, but it raises a good question about the people you hire to work for or with you. Often you go through some kind of personality test at the first job interview, but they don’t cover how you code. To have a dynamic team you need to have different kinds of developers. You need the thinkers, the coders, the architects, the managers etc.
This is the first test I’ve seen that tries to label the different types of developers. It would be great to see a real scientific one that covers it all. That would make a huge difference in the people you would hire in order to create the ultimate dynamic team.
Tonight is the first night without my TV. Yep, it’s gone. I gave my Philips 32” widescreen away for free yesterday and tonight reality kicks in. I start to wonder if it is possible to live without a TV while sitting here on my couch writing this. It’s sooooo quite.
Information overload
Everyday I read 10 RSS feeds, read 2 online newspapers, follow tech stuff on 5 websites and watch the news on TV in the morning and at night. That covers the basic information, but then there are all the work related websites I find on Google each and every day. They vary from 3 to 50 depending on what problem I’m trying to solve.
E-mail from various people – work related, BlogEngine.NET related or from friends and family. Then add the text messages and phone calls combined with Skype and instant messaging.
I’m getting stress just thinking about all that information I need to process every day.
Out with the TV
The TV was the least important information channel, so I just thought it was the easiest to get rid of. I can’t get rid of my phone, e-mail or instant messaging because I use those at work. The RSS takes no time and I need to follow the tech stuff to keep up with the business.
After taking the decision I borrowed and bought some books just to make sure I wouldn’t get too bored.
New toys
We geeks need our gadgets and without the TV, something needs to take its place. Otherwise I’m down a gadget and that’s just wrong. I’ve set my mind on a Windows Home Server for my home network, but I’m not sure it has been released yet. It probably will very soon. Also, I would need a digital wi-fi radio to play my MP3’s. That should be enough to keep my gadget-meter point the right direction – up, up, up!
It’s still strangely quite here on the couch or should I say nice and peaceful…