Why are some people so prickly? They gain nothing by being difficult and nasty, but their insecurity makes the rest of our lives difficult and doesn’t help their cause at all. At my company, “Jean” ...

I occasionally would like to know how good of a programmer I am. I have obsevered that nearly every programmer I know thinks they are well above average, so I assume that I am subject to the same bias ...

...only this time, in reference to the average number of lines of code each programmer on a particular team should be responsible for supporting/maintaining. Because of all the variables involved, I ...