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If Software Developers Were Lord of The Ring Characters
Which Lord of the Rings character does your code show you are?
Who doesn’t love Peter Jackson’s epic film adaption of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings novel? And who doesn’t love endless and endless hours of writing code, debugging, and testing? Not you, obviously… you are a fierce code warrior, a master of keys, a programming encyclopaedia, a tech guru, a Dalai Lama and Senpai, the Yin and Yang, and you always deliver on time and on budget.
I’m glad you found me, warrior. I need strong men and women by my side, ready to fight an unfair fight, ready to give their all, ready to make relentless sacrifices just to keep our project manager happy.
But before we embark on this epic adventure together… I need to know… How shall I call you?
Saruman
Undoubtedly among the team's most powerful and awesome leaders, you are often the person relied upon to provide fear and threat when tight deadlines need to be met. You are the boss’s right hand, and…