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By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:53:26 +0000

Nice story from your part – patience is a virtue.

By: benjismith

benjismith — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:59:10 +0000

I couldn’t agree more.

When I was a teenager, my mom bought me a poster with those exact words on it. “It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.”

It’s one of the most important lessons I learned as a kid (probably second only to the interminable work ethic I learned from my dad), and I always try to keep it in perspective in my professional life.

I used to be a junior programmer too, making mistakes and learning how to develop software by trial-and-error (I don’t have a CS degree), so I try to be patient with (for example) the guy from QA who is desperately trying to establish himself as a developer.

Thanks for the great post.