Tag: coding

  • A Few Myths about Coders/Coding

    One of myths about coders/coding I feel has been poorly perpetuated by movies like The Social Network where we simply write code all day and night, non-stop. Perhaps, there are a few people who might enact this but I feel that the average coder does not perform in this manner.

  • The Best Code Written and Myth of Academia

    Yesterday, I had lunch with some friends and two people mentioned that they lacked a proper college degree. Somehow they felt that having a proper college degree has hurt them in some way. While that part might have some truth, it’s not the whole story. The conversation led me to de-construct the notion of academics…