There are a few things that I think Amber doesn’t stress enough — for example, your point that “an excellent coder who’s also an asshole isn’t actually an excellent coder, because they can’t work with people” is a very important one, and one that I think Amber doesn’t highlight.

For the most part, however, I think she’s got some really great ideas and points to make about the industry and the motivations of great programmers. It doesn’t hurt that I, too, feel a similar gender connection when I read her blog posts. I often wish there were some smart, successful women programmers in my life whom I could relate to and discuss topics of this nature with!