Google I/O 2009 - The Myth of the Genius Programmer

Why HN readers recommended it

HN regulars recommend it as a career-shaping talk on code review, humility and collaborative development.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Google for Developers

Topic

collaborative software development

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2011–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I recommend The Myth of The Genius Programmer: [VIDEO] What you see on Github is people's polished code - you don't see what they are throwing away. They might be better, but you are probably looking at some of the code they are most proud …

• Google I/O 2009 - The Myth of the Genius Programmer One of the best talks about code reviews and similiar things [VIDEO]

• Two talks given by Ben Collins-Sussman absolutely changed my career path from being a hot headed programmer to thinking like a professional engineer. The Myth of the Genius Programmer: [VIDEO] The Art of Organizational Manipulation: [LINK] I rewatch these every few years, or before an …