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Chad Fowler has been a software developer and manager for some of the world's largest corporations. He recently lived and worked in India, setting up and leading an offshore software development center. He is co-founder of Ruby Central, Inc., a non-profit corporation responsible for the annual International Ruby Conference and The International Rails Conference, and is a leading contributor in the Ruby community.

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The art/craft/commodity continuum

When you create art, the purpose is self-expression.

When you create software, the purpose is rarely self-expression.

When you create software, someone somewhere wants it to perform a set of functions and has a stake in how well those functions are implemented. The definition of "well" is up to the stakeholder.

When you create art, you want it to be beautiful, or beautifully ugly, or ornate, or pl...

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Published on December 27, 2011 12:58 • 6 views

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Books by Chad Fowler

Average rating: 3.90 · 1,092 ratings · 100 reviews · 6 distinct works

	The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development by Chad Fowler, David Heinemeier Hansson (Foreword by) 3.91 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Rails Recipes 3.56 avg rating — 119 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	My Job Went to India: And All I Got Was This Lousy Book 4.04 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide by Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author), Chad Fowler, Andy Hunt 4.01 avg rating — 520 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Advanced Rails Recipes: 84 New Ways to Build Stunning Rails Apps by Mike Clark, Chad Fowler 3.67 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Facebook Platform Development with Rails by Michael Mangino, Chad Fowler (Foreword by) 2.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Professional Apache Tomcat by Chanoch Wiggers, Ben Galbraith, Vivek Chopra 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“Always be the worst guy in every band you’re in. - so you can learn. The people around you affect your performance. Choose your crowd wisely.”
― Chad Fowler, The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development

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