Rod Johnson 's attitudes

今天刚刚开始看《Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development》在[Introduction]中他写道

The book reflects my attitudes towards software development in general:

• I try to avoid religious positions. I've never understood the energy and passion that so many developers devote to flame wars. This benefits no one.

• I'm a pragmatist. I care about outcomes more than ideology. When I work on a project, my primary goal is to deliver a quality result on time and budget. The technology I use is a tool towards that goal, not an end in itself.

• I believe that sound OO principles should underpin J2EE development.

• I believe that maintainability is crucial to the value of any deliverable.

看后真的感觉很惭愧，自己一直都觉得自己是一个pragmatist，可是看这几条之后，感觉自己很惭愧，总是在说自己追求什么，其实都是在waste time and life,最重要的还是要care about outcomes ，看来大师级的人物没有一个是说出来的，而都是实践主义者，都是注重实效的developer.