Hazardous Enthusiasm

On a daily basis I deal with many programmers who contribute to my open source projects, either as volunteers or for money via Zerocracy (and my software projects are all open source). Over the years I have realized that there is a pattern in their behavior, which I need to be scared aware of. I call it ���hazardous enthusiasm.��� Here are the symptoms.

[image error]The Thin Red Line (1998) by Terrence Malick

A new developer joins the project. He is full of energy, talks a lot, spends a lot of time on th...