The programmer

There is no such thing as the programmer. No one knows everything. Hell, I'll even admit I don't! That was a joke, if you didn't catch that. Today I talked to someone who openly and flat out stated they were a good programmer (which is fine, albeit a little ballsy), and that he could code anything (way too far, no one can code everything). He then proceeded to tell everyone that he had practically no idea how basic networking worked, and that just really ticked me off. I wanted to just rip into him, tell him what he really was. A naive programmer.

Sure, you can be a good programmer, thats fine. Some people are really good! But you'll usually have two groups of people who say they're good; the liars and the truthful. The liars make up 90% of the group, just trying to tell you and show off their "skillz" because they've been programming for a year now. The truthful people, I've found, rarely actually say they think they're good programmers. Why? A few reasons, at least I think. 

1. Humility - People who are good are usually don't admit it because they run the risk of sounding self centered and "prickish". Don't flat out say you're good even if you are, unless someone specifically asks you. 

2. I forgot

Well, that ruined the flow of my rant! I guess what I wanted to say was that if you're a good programmer, you can say you are but you might sound douchey, but never say you know everything because it just isn't true!