One of my pet peeves lately is software developers who believe that simply reading a book makes them an expert at some aspect of delivering working applications. You know the type of person that has just finished Agile Web Development with Rails is now selling themselves as a “Rails expert”. They aren’t. Let’s take a look at what you really have to do to “know” anything.
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No. Reading a book doesn’t mean you “know” anything.
rant Chris 14 Jan 2008 8 Comments