Preface
“There are no experts. There is only us.”
These two simple sentences always make me feel lonely. They were uttered by Jeremy D. Miller, a software developer and architect I’ve come to appreciate over the years. These sentences give me the feeling that there’s nobody else to turn to—that I have to start trusting my own instincts, and that whoever tells you they are an expert is either lying or wrong.
During my career, which consists of almost two decades in the IT business as of the time of this writing, I’ve come to realize that “There are no experts. There is only us” is very true. During one of my first jobs as a programmer, I joined a team working on a government project (the project was all in Visual Basic 6.0). The team, including ...
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