On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Paul Jackson wrote:
> Josh wrote:
> > In a community that is looking for the best technical solution
> > possible, there is no place for ego.
>
> No, there is a place for ego, an essential place. Some of the best
> hackers on lkml have no shortage of ego. They just don't get their ego
> too closely attached to any particular piece of code or technical
> position. Rather they take pride in their willingness and ability to
> find better answers (even in their own work, done five minutes ago ;).
>
> I don't normally quote Colin Powell (a recent U.S. Secretary of State),
> but this one time he said it well:
>
>
> Avoid having your ego so close to your position that
> when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
>
> -- Colin Powell
Nice advice. I (too often) see people who are working on the
<technology du jour> to be so tied up with it that they
think it's the greatest thing around.
> Ego deficient pansies risk wilting on lkml.
--
~Randy
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