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philgo20 on Aug 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How To Become A Better Programmer By Not Programmi...

I totally agree with the 'thinking in abstract terms' thing but I would never reduce programming to that. It's not always so abstract.

I tend to think that it'soften good rhetoric skills. A great ability with the three different types of rhetorical proof: ethos, logos, pathos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric

St-Clock on Aug 19, 2011 [–]

Since I'm recommending books today, I really liked "Thank You for Arguing" by Jay Heinrichs. Very fun and instructive intro to rhetoric.

I can see how rhetoric (and religion!) can come into play in design meetings :-)

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