Does "You are what you eat" apply to developing?

For posterity, the url to the article itself (as opposed to the blog) is <a href="http://trentwalton.com/2011/01/26/you-are-what-you-eat/" rel="nofollow">http://trentwalton.com/2011/01/26/you-are-what-you-eat/</a>

I'd go more along the philosophy of "you are what you read" when it comes to development. No one knows everything (or anything for that matter) so you should constantly try to better yourself.

That site has a really nice design, and it even works in IE6.<p>&#62; Does "You are what you eat" apply to developing?<p>No. Most of us who develop software do so in a job or for a client. That determines the priorities. Will it be good, cheap or fast? Most developers have to do it cheap and fast.<p>Most people have control over their own diet. Unless your doctor or partner tells you otherwise, you can stuff yourself with twinkies.

I like the ending point about 28k breakfasts as motivation to make them couunt.<p>A mentor once told me, "look it takes 7-10 years to build and exit a company. You're 35. If you're successful, you'll probably only do 2-3 significant companies before you retire to angel investing or whatever, so choose the businesses carefully."

With regard to side projects, the most important category for me is a "the work is challenging" and "time is budgeted for ideas and thoughts". If I'm going to take up a side project, it's not going to be for money. I'd rather learn a new skill or get better at something I already do.

The title uses CSS transforms to rotate the text, rather than images. Beautiful.