This will test how egoless each programmer is.
If you’re truly egoless and care about the outcome and not the path to the outcome… you’ll see how exciting this is.
If you’re truly egoless and care about the outcome and not the path to the outcome… you’ll see how exciting this is.
A lot of folks chose programming as a career because they enjoy the path at least as much as the outcome, and I think that's a perfectly fine reason to choose a career.
It also gives them good reason to mourn the loss of something that brings them happiness. They might be losing the only part of their job they actually enjoy.