http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660Hi. Great article!! Yes, it's kind of a "self help book", programmer-oriented! :) But to me, it's rather opening-minder... You know, sometimes we have to deal with our own desmotivation when contacting with new technologies. But if we keep in mind some of these topics you've just described, and essentially don't give up(!!), we get there!!! Slower or faster, that depends on one's capacity to assimilate new things. But even just trying get's you more far that not trying at all! Congrats! :) http://ayende.com/2064/what-can-make-a-great-programmer#comment5http://ayende.com/2064/what-can-make-a-great-programmer#comment5Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:45:01 GMTDDD is Domain Driven Design. http://ayende.com/2064/what-can-make-a-great-programmer#comment4http://ayende.com/2064/what-can-make-a-great-programmer#comment4Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:26:59 GMTWhat is DDD? It doesn't seem to appear on Wikipedia (but TDD yes). http://ayende.com/2064/what-can-make-a-great-programmer#comment3http://ayende.com/2064/what-can-make-a-great-programmer#comment3Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:00:12 GMTYup, Indeed Osman. And Ayende, great post, and what Harry says is absolutely true. I remember the first time i went to a Spring kind of conference, and when I left the room I said to myself : "I really don't get it why should I need Spring". Years later, I realize it's importance, and get the full picture. Reading parts of DDD helped me a lot. For those who don't have the Pragmatic Programmer book, it's essentialy what Ayende says. http://ayende.com/2064/what-can-make-a-great-programmer#comment2http://ayende.com/2064/what-can-make-a-great-programmer#comment2Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:20:30 GMTNot only Pragmatic Programmer, also Code Complete by Steve McConnel, and also a small pdf from Robert L. Read: "How to be a Programmer: A short Compherensive, and Personal Summary" and some articles Paul Graham http://www.paulgraham.com. Those will help. At least They Helped me and even helping me right now, and will help at future. I start over reaing them from time to time. Any other books or pdfs from you apreciated. thx. http://ayende.com/2064/what-can-make-a-great-programmer#comment1http://ayende.com/2064/what-can-make-a-great-programmer#comment1Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:08:55 GMT