anti-pattern – Tea-Driven Development https://blog.mattwynne.net Matt Wynne taking it one tea at a time Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:07:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 165828820 You, Sir, are an Anti-Pattern https://blog.mattwynne.net/2007/12/08/you-sir-are-an-anti-pattern/ https://blog.mattwynne.net/2007/12/08/you-sir-are-an-anti-pattern/#respond Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:32:31 +0000 http://blog.mattwynne.net/2007/12/08/you-sir-are-an-anti-pattern/ Continue reading "You, Sir, are an Anti-Pattern"

]]> Last night in the pub I was introduced to the term ‘corncob’, a label apparently used in some software development circles for a disruptive team member. I’d love to know how on earth that particular word was chosen.

I rather dislike this tendency to put people into boxes, as the next obvious step is to write the person off, but I guess giving these stereotypes a name at least gives you a framework for discussing them and starting to figure out what is driving their dysfunctional behaviour.

Plus we can all recognise a little bit of them in ourselves, and our fellow team-mates. Anyone else lucky enough to have a bit of an EXTRA TERRESTRIAL on their team? (Hi Brett!)

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