Speaking of problems ...

[Steve Johnson]

> It is a wonderful and surprising fact that programmers are 
> highly motivated by the desire to create artifacts that are 
> beautiful, useful, or nifty. This desire is
> not unique to programmers nor universal but it is so strong 
> and common among programmers that it separates them from 
> others in other roles.

I heard a similar topic on NPR's Tech Nation www.technation.com.  An author, Paul Glen, was interviewed.  He wrote "Leading Geeks", which sounded like an interesting read:

Hardcover: 250 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.02 x 9.26 x 6.26 
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1st edition (November 1, 2002) 
ISBN: 0787961485 
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 3,511 

Anybody read it and have some thoughts?