Programming Tour

He has a blog at http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/ but I don't see where he talks about programming for room and board.

This is a great idea. A bunch of us in the software craftsmanship community engaged in what we called "Positivember" last fall in a similar vein: http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2010/11/positivember.html

Corey Haines wrote a thoughtful apology here: http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2013/01/im-sorry.html Only one of the three to do so thus far.

Here's a link to that apology: http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2013/01/im-sorry.html I know Corey and don't really know too much about what happened here, so I'll only say he's one of the most positive and supportive people I know.

And some of them have: - http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2013-01-23-node - http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2013/01/im-sorry.html

FWIW, Corey Haines apologized: http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2013/01/im-sorry.html

Apology from one of the tweeters: http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2013/01/im-sorry.html

$> diff @coreyhaines-apology @steveklabnik-apology < grace --- > sorry if i made you upset A side-by-side example we can all use to learn how to apologize better. [1] http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2013/01/im-sorry.html [2] http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2013-01-23-node

Actually, there are journeyman software developers. Here are some links: 1. Corey Haines: http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/, http://www.coreyhaines.com/, http://www.coderetreat.com/ 2. Journeyman Programmer Description: http://teamdoty.us/journeymanwp/?p=4 (from http://www.thejourneymanprogrammer.org/) 3. Software Craftsmanship: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_craftsmanship, http://scna.softwarecraftsmanship.org/, http://www.softwarecraftsmanship.org.uk/

I agree that it sounds insincere, but I'm curious - what about his actions and his apology makes you think it was truly unintentional? I'm all for assuming good will, but it's very difficult for me in this case. >"I don't want to build my app on top of others' code who are at this level of understanding" Seems intentionally condescending, not at all accidental. >"Awesome, enjoy it. I'll be over here in not-node." How is this completely dismissive, elitist snobbery not intentional? That's like walking up to someone, punching them in the face, and then saying "oops, it was an 'accident'... sorry". IMO his intention with these tweets is the core of the problem. To me, the intention quite obviously was to cultivate attention and elevate his status at the expense of humiliating another human being. That's not something you can do by "accident". It's something you can regret[1] - but it's not like tripping over a curb, or rear ending a car because you were checking a text message. [1]-http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2013/01/im-sorry.html

It's astonishing how somebody's earnest hard work, put out in the world for all to see and benefit from, draws so many unmitigated assholes out of the woodwork. Is it jealousy at quickly and elegantly producing something simple and useful? protip: here's how to recognize you made a mistake and humbly apologize http://programmingtour.blogspot.com/2013/01/im-sorry.html Good on Corey. here's how to do the opposite http://justcramer.com/2013/01/24/being-wrong-on-the-internet/ http://blog.steveklabnik.com/posts/2013-01-23-node https://twitter.com/steveklabnik/status/294302391279435776 https://twitter.com/steveklabnik/status/294302539510337536 https://twitter.com/zeeg/status/294307568019464192