Mammas Don’t Let Babies Grow into Rock Star Developers
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Argues against hiring for the rockstar developer label and promotes the Willie Nelson developer instead: reliable, collaborative, accessible, and long‑term. Cites Jacob Kaplan‑Moss’s call for “average” contributors, points to concrete behaviors — answer questions on IRC, speak at events, write docs, fork it and patch code — and gives an example metaphor (Willie fixing a cheap guitar) to show pragmatic innovation and steady productivity over flashy, high‑maintenance hires.
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