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You are NOT inadequate.

It is about time someone told you!

YOU ARE NOT INADEQUATE.

  • You do NOT have to refactor all your code.
  • You do NOT have to keep up with the latest news from microsoft, and know everythnig there is to know about longhorn, whidbey, avalon, XAML, indigo and star wars III.
  • You do not have to have perfectly de-coupled tiers in your technology independent SOA software.
  • You do not have to comply to every standard, achieve the perfect balance between maintainability and performance. Usability and familiarity.
  • You don't have to do "first things first every day"
  • You DO NOT have to memorize and understand every patten the gang of four have catalogued.
  • You do NOT have to read every technical blog, print out every technical article and learn every technical thing there is to learn.
  • You are beautiful just the way you are.
  • You are brilliant, interesting, wise and fun to be around.
  • You rock.

And you are not inadequate.






'Andrei Ignat' on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:22:08 GMT, writes:

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVery good!

URL: http://msprogrammer.blogspot.com



'Shog9' on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:49:28 GMT, writes:

Some days i really miss Mister Rogers...



'Merlin' on Thu, 04 May 2006 18:18:16 GMT, writes:

Wow, you saved my mental sanity ! Until now, I really thought I was inadequate because I have only read half of my 57 and a thousand books. I never dared to tell anyone because I believed it only was due to my narrow little brain. I poisoned nearly every little bit of my spare time mindlessly skimming loads of books, I almost ate them. Leon, who ever you are, you f**ing freed me from such a big pressure by just speaking out what I never could have said to myself. Thanks a lot.



'Rice Crispie' on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:31:37 GMT, writes:

Megapost!

URL: http://blog.pduggan.net



'Maxine Sherrin' on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:18:55 GMT, writes:

Hey Leon, great analysis of CBT - keep up the good work and keep feeling good :-)

URL: http://www.marxandmarzipan.com/



'Maxine Sherrin' on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:14:52 GMT, writes:

Hey Leon, great analysis of CBT - keep up the good work and keep feeling good :-)

URL: http://www.marxandmarzipan.com/



'vandar' on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:55:57 GMT, writes:

i typed "inadequate" in google which is how i've been feeling everyday for the last 6 months at work. i'm a developer.

everyone else is smarter than me...how crappy...

then this thing came up... i guess i'm not alone



'Jeff Powell' on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:51:35 GMT, writes:

"...inferior to these 'great minds of redmond' "

BWAHAHA!!! Yea right - they sure are amzing coders! Check out the quality of the software that has come out of Redmond over the last 5 years. I've been running MS based networks since Net Beui was first introduced and leave the breath the stuff all day but never once have I ever felt to anything produced by those generally arrogant folks when compared to much of the code found in the open source and Mac OSX community.

We're finally starting to get some actual source code from MS these days c/o their shared source initiative and I just hope this new trend leads to more reliable MS software.

Regardless -- the article is great and thanks for sharing that with us!



'matthew' on Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:01:13 GMT, writes:

I feel so good...

Where's my doonah???

M.



'Andrew Dixon' on Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:08:21 GMT, writes:

This post alone is worth subscribing for.

URL: http://mrdee.blogspot.com



'TinaE' on Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:23:20 GMT, writes:

Gee, I wish I knew this 10 years ago. This means I am allowed more than 4 hours sleep a night! Trying to keep up is impossible. Knowing everything even more so.

I rock!

URL: http://dotnet.org.za/tina



'Inandjo Taurel' on Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:29:51 GMT, writes:

oh thanx, i feel so much better!
Everybody telling me how good i am but so many doubts when i hit the net, and read all those blogs and articles.
Thanks dude!



'secretGeekaroooney' on Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:24:24 GMT, writes:

Don't worry, Joblog. If you were absolutely certain what 'perfectly de-coupled tiers in a technology-independent SOA' were, you'd never ever meet a nice girl.

It would simply be impossible.

URL: http://secretGeek.net



'Rich...!' on Fri, 29 Oct 2004 04:10:23 GMT, writes:

Rats, I have a suspicion I'd feel even better about myself if I had even a vague idea of what it meant to perfectly de-couple tiers in my technology independent SOA software...!

URL: http://www.joblog.co.za



'Deon van Staden' on Thu, 28 Oct 2004 01:36:12 GMT, writes:

I totally agree. It is a good thing to catch up on new technologies and read blogs, etc, etc, but don't spend 90% of your time to do so!!! That sort of defeats the object of learning it, doesn't it?

URL: http://dotnet.org.za/deonvs



'overWorkedMom' on Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:45:36 GMT, writes:

a new mantra for me - thanks much



'Thea Burger' on Wed, 09 Jun 2004 12:31:35 GMT, writes:

Funny and so true ;)
Had a conversation with a friend last night and he told me 2 years ago he would have sat down and done the work. Easy. Now that he knows more everything is more difficult, takes longer to finish etc etc.

URL: http://dotnet.org.za/thea



'Lars Olofsson' on Wed, 02 Jun 2004 23:11:54 GMT, writes:

Suddenly it feels all better. Thank you!

URL: http://www.larsolofsson.se



'Damir Tomicic' on Mon, 31 May 2004 21:11:24 GMT, writes:

Great! Thanks a lot for this.

URL: http://tomicic.de/



'Mike Gale' on Mon, 31 May 2004 19:51:13 GMT, writes:

You put your finger on a vein of angst here.

How many programmers feel "self hatred" when faced by a programming environment that is simply "too hard" to do "right".

I wonder if this rings a strong cord with most .NET programmers.



'Buggy' on Mon, 31 May 2004 02:35:13 GMT, writes:

Perfect! I was just reading all of Julie Lerman's TechEd updates and feeling like there was so much to read and catch up on and do... and then I clicked the link that brough me here. Thanks for the reminder.

URL: http://www.amorsley.net/bugsplat



'secretGeek' on Tue, 25 May 2004 01:40:12 GMT, writes:

go easy on yourself Gus. You manage to pack more inadequacy into one week than most people experience their entire lives.

:+)
lb

URL: http://secretGeek.net



'Angus' on Tue, 25 May 2004 01:36:22 GMT, writes:

One day I aspire to be as inadequate as you.

URL: http://anguslogan.blogspot.com



'GuyIncognito' on Mon, 24 May 2004 11:45:52 GMT, writes:

...somebody had to say it!

For sure, you could make a full time job out of "keeping up" with the latest out of Redmond.



'secretGeek' on Sun, 23 May 2004 22:13:15 GMT, writes:

thanks Dan and Omer

Chill out Ben. I asked around, and although most people agreed with you, the janitor said nice things. That's pretty good news I think.




URL: http://secretGeek.net



'Dan F' on Sun, 23 May 2004 21:24:57 GMT, writes:

Nice! Really cool post to get to in the middle of a monday morning blogfest. Thanks for putting a smile on my face :)

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'Benjamin Crawford' on Sun, 23 May 2004 12:01:41 GMT, writes:

I am. I really am. Ask anyone.



'Omer van Kloeten' on Sat, 22 May 2004 08:40:03 GMT, writes:

...but trust me on the sunscreen. ;)

[http://www.generationterrorists.com/quotes/sunscreen.html]

URL: http://weblogs.asp.net/OKloeten/



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