This post has 26 comments

1. 

   plin

   on January 1, 2009 at 10:19 pm

   I just found your site recently as I am looking to learn how to write flash games. I just want to say I really enjoyed your site and the code snippets you have here.

   I do make a living of writing code and I would add a couple things:
   - Follow programming conference religiously
   - Always try to modularize everything
   - Always burning midnight oil while writing code

   Happy New Year!

2. 

   brindy

   on January 1, 2009 at 10:21 pm

   Haha :) and happy new year!

   Btw, C is called C because it is based on B. Fairly logical really. :P

3. 

   dVyper

   on January 1, 2009 at 10:32 pm

   I get a lot of PHP errors when I view this post in Google Reader…

4. 

   Daniel Rodriguez

   on January 1, 2009 at 10:50 pm

   Love the list, and like all the books you have.
   I’m getting a lot of errors to,
   Its from the wp-syntax plugin.
   wp-content/plugins/wp-syntax/geshi/geshi.php on line 1827
   ….. Tons more :D

5. 

   Arxanas

   on January 2, 2009 at 2:23 am

   Wow…
   that is SO true!

   Everything but number 1 apply to me (12-year-olds don’t have to have a profession).

   And, C was based on B, a pared-down version of BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language), on which C was built. After all, C does come after B!

   My “bookshelf” is actually more of a pile of unorganized books.

   My Mozilla Firefox code:
   ————————————————–
   _firefox.onDownloadFile = function () {
   if (file == *.exe) {
   file.saveFileTo(“Desktop”);
   } else {
   file.saveFileTo(“Downloads”);
   }
   }
   _firefox.onLoad = function () {
   if (!realPlayerPlugin.working) {
   _windows.uninstall(“Mozilla Firefox 3″);
   _windows.install(“Mozilla Firefox 2″);
   if (_firefox.version == 2) {
   trace(“Version changed to 2″);
   } else {
   trace(“Version not changed!”);
   }
   }
   if (_firefox.homepage != “emanueleferonato.com”) {
   _firefox.homepage = “emanueleferonato.com”;
   }
   }
   ————————————————–

6. 

   Michael J Williams

   on January 2, 2009 at 3:34 am

   Haha, very funny! “remove the object to free memory” cracked me up

   I always wondered what exactly you meant by PROgrammer, now I guess I know.

7. 

   virtualtoy

   on January 2, 2009 at 3:51 am

   Most of these points don’t make you PROgrammer, and even “programmer”

8. 

   Shival

   on January 2, 2009 at 7:00 am

   Good post!
   You got a great sense of humour…

9. 

   gtg236s

   on January 2, 2009 at 8:59 am

   You’re a true programmer if you start lists at zero :)

10. 

    Nathan

    on January 2, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    Ha! That’s true, you should start them at zero!

    There are a lot of php errors in google reader, any explanation for that PROgrammer? :)

11. 

    Egil

    on January 2, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    if(current_channel.isBoring() && current_channel.getBetterChannels == null){
    playstation.turnOn();
    playstation.loadGame(“Dead Space”);
    }

    Just a little note, this would give a compile error since current_channel.getBetterChannels appears to be a normal get method, but the () is missing.

12. 

    Michael

    on January 3, 2009 at 5:15 am

    Beautiful list. I too believe I can apply everything but #1, since I’m still in high school, and my real job is at a computer shop where I fix more computers than I program, lol.

    “remove the object to free memory” – epic lawl.

    @Nathan
    Pure genius, great catch! *cries in laughter of agreement*

13. 

    Michael

    on January 3, 2009 at 5:17 am

    *Sorry, meant to put that shout-out to gtg236s; Nathan was just the last one I remember scrolling by mentioning that joke, lol.

14. 

    LuizZak

    on January 3, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    Dang I think I’m getting old, I apply to the entire list.

    The “remove the object to free memory” part make me laugh for the first time today :)

15. 

    Abhilash

    on January 4, 2009 at 7:09 pm

    well…looking @ ur list i don’t think i fit in the category of programmers becoz i don’t make a living right now out of programming(actually i don’t make a living :) and i don’t stay up late at night to add a feature to my script(becoz my mom wouldn’t allow me to sit in front of my PC late night:) but i still fill my spare time programming

16. 

    Astro75

    on January 5, 2009 at 11:40 am

    Yay I’m a PrOgramer

17. 

    Awoke

    on January 7, 2009 at 11:40 pm

    hum, I think this list is too extreme, you must be SUPER GEEK. :p

18. 

    tonypee

    on January 8, 2009 at 6:03 am

    … or you mustn’t be a PROgrammer :P

19. 

    Adam

    on January 8, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    umm, real programmers don’t write ‘scripts’ they write ‘code’ :)

20. 

    Skofo

    on January 10, 2009 at 2:58 am

    Hahaha, a lot of these are simply not true. Stop acting like you’re the God of programming, because that isn’t true either. =P

    Also, it’s annoying how you capitalize the “pro” in programmer.

21. 

    Ruslan

    on January 10, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    I strongly agree with punkt 4 .

    I passed 10 out of 12

    I didn’t passed 6th and 11th , Please write What’s wrong with me ? :)

    If you aren’t ironic, check your configuration file or report it to your customer service

    :)))

22. 

    mh

    on January 13, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    Hey be careful of number 2! When its a job and youve been doing it for a while then you need to make sure you find time for relationships, trees, fresh air etc.
    So that means i must be an amateur!!! ;)

23. 

    Jeff

    on January 16, 2009 at 11:03 am

    Yeah! I got the exactly what i an doing now…

24. 

    Asif

    on March 29, 2009 at 2:58 pm

    A real programmer is the one who starts the coding, and most of the time probably dont have the idea how to develop and code the logic to solve the riddle in hand, BUT he knows he can do it…………. And in the end, he does it…. Just another regular day….

25. 

    rahul

    on August 2, 2009 at 11:42 am

    Hi
    i would like to know that is triqui.com is yours site..if yes why dont you make a section where you can write about the games that you picked??
    like “frost jump “:-)
    Thanks

26. 

    Colin Douch

    on August 13, 2009 at 4:03 am

    Ha ha Man what a sense of Humour PROgrammer