# Jose Browne - On Coding, Ego and Attention (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article1.be68295a7e40.png) ## Metadata **Cover**:: https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article1.be68295a7e40.png **Source**:: #from/readwise **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Jose Browne]] **Full Title**:: On Coding, Ego and Attention **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **Document Tags**:: #from/pocket #productivity #self-management **URL**:: [josebrowne.com](https://josebrowne.com/on-coding-ego-and-attention/) **Host**:: [[josebrowne.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2020-07-05]] **Created**:: [[2022-09-26]] ## Highlights - great engineers convincing the rest to stop trying. - Do not compare yourselves to others. - only ask ourselves problem related questions. These are "the" or "what" type questions. We must avoid asking the personal "I" or "me" type questions. So instead of thinking "Did ***I*** cause the bug?", we instead ask "Where is ***the*** bug?".