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There have been quite a few discussions lately covering the different segments Microsoft breaks developers into. The standard names given to the 3 major groups are:
- Mort - the opportunistic developer, likes to create quick-working solutions for immediate problems and focuses on productivity and learn as needed.
- Elvis, the pragmatic programmer, likes to create long-lasting solutions addressing the problem domain, and learn while working on the solution.
- Einstein, the paranoid programmer, likes to create the most efficient solution to a given problem, and typically learn in advance before working on the solution .
But I think we are forgetting one group – the users of the systems that Mort/Elvis/Einsteins help to create, and I like to refer to this group as the Zombies. Why would I call them Zombies? Well, during lunch one day recently, one of my team members happened to mention that he was reading the book, The Zombie Survival Guide, and he went on to describe how to survive a zombie attack. I happened to notice (and comment) that when he was describing a zombie, that it sounded an awful lot like the prototypical user, and the term stuck. So what do you think? Should we add another group to the list?
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About donxml
I’m an independent consultant, specializing in .Net solutions architecture, based out of New Jersey who also doubles as an evangelist for XML, Domain Driven Design, enterprise architecture and .Net. I do not work for Microsoft, the W3C or any other big company that you may know of (at least not yet). I’ve been an indie for over ten years, and although I’ve been tempted a couple times to take a job with companies like Microsoft, I’ve haven’t found something better than my current situation. I work mostly with the large pharmaceuticals that are based here in New Jersey, and usually find myself on long term contracts. Definitely not the prototypical indie consultant, but it lets me dedicate time to my non-income generating activities like the developer community stuff, plus financing open source projects like XPathmania and MVP-XML. If you would like to talk to me about doing some contract work, just contact me via the contact page. My rates vary widely, depending on lots of different variables, but mostly distance from Jersey, and type of work. Plus, I’ve been known to donate some of my code for various projects.