Authors’ insanity
Theresa Nielsen Hayden describes a variety of ways in which authors can be “insane”, all from her experience with Tor and the rest of the publishing industry. The list is amusing but the comments are even better, as various authors chime in to say “Hey, that describes me!” or explain how they work around their foibles.
Someone should do a similar list for programmers, ideally written by an experienced (and good) project manager.
Jon H Said,
December 24, 2003 @ 9:50 am
I posted a comment to Teresa’s post, noting that the last one (actually the last two) are a good description of the mindset of people working on 3D user interfaces.
“Im writing for an audience that doesnt yet exist.”
“Yesbut when I do it, itll work.”
Not What I Expected... Said,
December 25, 2003 @ 5:18 pm
Varieties of insanity known to infect a project
Teresa wrote about various forms of Author’s insanity over in Making Light. Eric wondered if someone who did project management could come with a similar list for programmers. Heck, I’ll do that one better. Here’s my list for various forms of insanity …