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title: What coder type are you?
teaser:
tags: fun
author: Eric Torrey
published_on: 2008-03-14
---

## The Warrior

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Through the days in the life of a warrior, you strive to be explicit.  Resorting
to partials is only a sign of weakness.  Thousands of lines of duplicated code
will triumph over that petty conditional logic.  Everything you write can be
understood by all; you fight on an open battle field, and expect your fellow
coders will do the same.  Never will you add a plugin you don't need, but will
instead craft every line of code yourself. Your tests prove every case possible
by sheer brute force.

## The Wizard

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As a wizard you strive to find the most elegant solutions to every problem.
Your strengths derive from your large ability to read and consume code.  You
have a large index of plugins for every problem you face, and aren't afraid to
manipulate the Rails domain. You make contributions to the plugins you use, and
give thanks to those who write them.  Your methods are rarely repeated, and you
use meta-programming techniques to arbitrate every problem to bendable
solutions.  Your tests are elegant and simple with lightweight methods that make
use of helpers.

## The Rogue

![''](http://images.thoughtbot.com/ui/2008-3-14-rogue.jpg)

Daft and tricky, the rogue programs with traps.  You excel in using private and
protected methods.  Most of your attributes are attr_protected.  You strive to
keep your security tight, because you know all the loopholes.  Rogues dabble
with plugins on occasion, because they don't want to write the code themselves.
You want the quickest, most secure solution possible, and make sure to plant
test traps for every line of code. No one can modify your code without tests
breaking.  Your code only needs to make sense to you.

With the chaos that is software development, you must choose your class to take
with you into battle.  Some have shown the ability to meld into rogue-wizards,
or even warrior-rogues.  How would you define yourself?