What makes a good programmer?

1. A good programmer lints early and compiles often.
2. A good programmer reads SICP when taking public transport.
3. A good programmer listens to house music.
4. A good programmer never wears denim jeans.
5. A good programmer frequently reads mathematical papers.
6. A good programmer writes in Plan 9 C and transpiles to ANSI C.
7. A good programmer records his own keystrokes.
8. A good programmer is efficient, but not any more efficient than necessary.
9. A good programmer optimizes first and writes code second.
10. A good programmer maintains a state of celibacy.
11. A good programmer reads the spec; a bad programmer writes it.
12. A good programmer uses subtitles.
13. A good programmer has encountered a member of the Knickerbocker club in an intimate capacity.
14. A good programmer wraps his code to 43 columns.
15. A good programmer avoids orange tags, but picks up green ones.
16. A good programmer remembers that he has forgotten.
17. A good programmer uses an Emeralite.
18. A good programmer comes out of left field.
19. A good programmer cleans his plate.
20. A good programmer avoids the disk unless absolutely necessary.
21. A good programmer does not care about licenses.
22. A good programmer uses tapes.