[petercooper]

I disagree with the grandparent poster because it doesn't matter if you come off as a bumbler or a chancer in this environment - actually, Atwood's gungho informality is probably a plus. But I suspect he's getting at Atwood being routinely wrong or misinformed about all manner of developer related topics - just listen to the Stack Overflow podcast for a few weeks to get a feel for it. Joel's routinely correcting him on stuff that's not even in Joel's area of expertise. (But that, versus someone who's scared of ever looking wrong? I think I'd invest in Atwood.)