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Programmer Confidence and Arrogance

At SpeakerConf 2009, one of the speaker's wives asked me: Why is it that most speakers are confident, and some are simply arrogant. The question was also in the context of "software is nerdy, how can you speakers be so cocky". I pondered for a minute and replied: When no one knows what's "correct", people with confidence generally win the discussion.

Imagine the early days of medicine. Three different doctors give you three different surgery options. There's not enough experience in the indust...