I used to believe that all code was crap, and, to drive the point home, that my code was the very worst. Five years of experience forward, I think my code is rather good. I have never had impressive colleagues.
Some open source code is impressive, and to work on projects with good code is one of the few things that are great. But most open source code could have been written by my former colleagues.
I'm not really all that arrogant -- people who are actively looking for better ways to write their code are just as much a joy to work with. It's just that "my code is the worst" is the kind of "tip" or "wisdom" you find in this kind of article, yet truth be told, most of us (here on HN, there on reddit/programming, or on the c2 wiki where it used to be at) write some pretty awesome code.
Some open source code is impressive, and to work on projects with good code is one of the few things that are great. But most open source code could have been written by my former colleagues.
I'm not really all that arrogant -- people who are actively looking for better ways to write their code are just as much a joy to work with. It's just that "my code is the worst" is the kind of "tip" or "wisdom" you find in this kind of article, yet truth be told, most of us (here on HN, there on reddit/programming, or on the c2 wiki where it used to be at) write some pretty awesome code.