Oh man… I remember reading this years ago and aspiring to be the Fantastic Programmer.

This did NOT age well. Seriously consider some of the traits that this article is describing and play the game “Are We Describing a Programmer or a Zuckerburgian Psychopath?”

• A tendency to suggest wacky and unrealistic solutions in meetings
• Routinely applies for an extension to file taxes
• Antagonistic when asked to maintain code for
  backwards-compatability
• Dropped out of high-school, university, law or medical school because they didn’t see the point anymore
• Disinterested by the outcome of elections
• Cashes-in their 401k to fund their next venture
• Has tried every pick-up line there is and has the slap-marks on his cheeks to prove it
• Owns swag from Enron
• They suddenly pause and stare into space in the middle of a conversation, then abandon you to hurry back to their terminal with no explanation
• A destructive pursuit of perfection
• Contempt for delivery dates
• Substantial refactoring on the eve of a deadline