Programmer Competency Matrix
http://www.starling-software.com/employment/programmer-competency-matrix.html
"Note that the knowledge for each level is cumulative; being at level n implies that you also know everything from the levels lower than n. "
An Entirely Other Day - Wide vs. Deep
http://blog.eod.com/post/18462877
"I’ve got this theory about what it’s like to be a manager and what it’s like to be a developer ... and I think it explains pretty well why I deeply, profoundly hate the former and dearly, truly love the latter."
The Fishbowl: Understanding Engineers: Feasibility
http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2007/07/17/understanding_engineers_feasibility
"here's a quick lexicon of what computer programmers generally mean when they're talking about how hard some problem is, starting with the most extreme"