Programmer and being one

It's been a while since I've blogged. Hectic times at work and life make for a slow blogger. At least I don't cheat and hire someone to do this for me!
Anyway, this article from Robert R Read is a really good read if you want to know what's going on in a programmer's mind on a day to day basis. Besides being comprehensive, it is also full of really good advice based on day to day challenges faced when engineering a software product. His strong emphasis on the personal and team aspect of software engineering is a good refresher from the cold facts of the formal processes involved in this activity. This stipulates that logically evolved ideas and processes using software development products have implications on the formal structure of the software processes.
Even though it's a big read, it's kept light and relevant. Great read!