Your personality says a lot about you and how you react to the world. Several months back I found a programmer personality test that will describe how you like to program. Today, I decided to take it again to see how I've changed.
Originally I took it along with all the other programmers where I worked, and the results were valid. The guy who loved writing tight data structures in C was a "Low Level" programmer and the one who stringed 10 function calls on a single line to save space ended up being "Conservative".
Both times, I came up as DHSB. Not a bad type for a freelance programmer:
- Doer - I would rather get the general idea of a feature and then dig into the code. Most plans change as you start implementing.
- High level - I love Ruby and she loves me. I've been flirting with Common Lisp just to learn how it's macros work.
- Solo situation - I prefer to work on a solution by myself or with a few people. I've seen too many bad ideas result from large meetings.
- Liberal - To help support my High level, I try to build up abstractions in my code to make it easier on myself and my team. Since these are usually used by many people, I try to be extra clear so to prevent misunderstandings later.
I had my friend Peter Chester take it and he said this would be a good way to help decide who should work on a specific project. Got a prototype? You will want a Doer. Need an embedded driver for a cell phone? Low level is for you. Need a n-tier system? You will want a Team.
What personality type are you? Does it fit you?
Eric
