Talk:Lead programmer

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Something about lead developers in open source projects would be a good addition Htaccess 16:22, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I question the use of Donald Knuth as a lead programmer. It is true that he is a great programmer, and has lead the development f projects, but I don't know that he has had much by way of team development. The time he spent writing TeX probably doesn't really count as a typical lead programmer role imho. --RobEDawson (talk) 03:12, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I concur, this is a silly reference. 82.69.0.198 (talk) 05:07, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

subordinate programmers

In the previous edit of this entry the following line was used: "This cultural identification is valuable, since subordinate programmers will tend to not take direction from someone perceived as lacking in technical skills."

Can anyone tell me how this isn't biased against programers or why this has existed since 2007? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ckedward (talk • contribs)

I think the word "subordinate" here means "subordinate to the lead programmer", or, in other words, any other programmer on the project. I don't think it's biased.

Please sign your posts with 3 or 4 tildes (~~~~). Four is preferred, since it also adds a timestamp. — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 17:51, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I fail to see the bias here. It may not be brilliant prose, but it was contextually correct. How does the word "subordinate" produce bias? — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 18:02, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I also think "subordinate" is correct. The very term "lead" indicates there's some kind of hierarchy. Some lead, some follow. Arjant (talk) 13:06, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]