The Taxonomy of Terrible Programmers by Aaron Stannard.
From the post:
The MarkedUp Analytics team had some fun over the past couple of weeks sharing horror stories about software atrocities and the real-life inspirations for the things you read on The Daily WTF. In particular, we talked about bad apples who joined our development teams over the years and proceeded to ruin the things we love with poor judgment, bad habits, bad attitudes, and a whole lot of other bizarre behavior that would take industrial pyschologists thousands of years to document, let alone analyze.
So I present you with the taxonomy of terrible software developers, the ecosystem of software critters and creatures who add a whole new meaning to the concept of “defensive programming.”
At one point or another, every programmer exists as at least one of these archetypes – the good ones see these bad habits in themselves and work to fix them over time. The bad ones… simply are.
You need to see Aaron’s post for the details but I will list the categories to whet your appetite:
- The Pet Technologist
- The Arcanist
- The Futurist
- The Hoarder
- The Artist
- The Island
- The “Agile” Guy
- The Human Robot
- The Stream of Consciousness
- The Illiterate
- The Agitator
Enjoy!