Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:31:18 -0800 (PST) | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] HOWTO do Linux kernel development |
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On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Paul Jackson wrote:
> Josh wrote: > > In a community that is looking for the best technical solution > > possible, there is no place for ego. > > No, there is a place for ego, an essential place. Some of the best > hackers on lkml have no shortage of ego. They just don't get their ego > too closely attached to any particular piece of code or technical > position. Rather they take pride in their willingness and ability to > find better answers (even in their own work, done five minutes ago ;). > > I don't normally quote Colin Powell (a recent U.S. Secretary of State), > but this one time he said it well: > > > Avoid having your ego so close to your position that > when your position falls, your ego goes with it. > > -- Colin Powell
Nice advice. I (too often) see people who are working on the <technology du jour> to be so tied up with it that they think it's the greatest thing around.
> Ego deficient pansies risk wilting on lkml.
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