[peterwwillis]

> I've found that beginners don’t learn about this until it is far too late, and the teachers rarely emphasize it. Many of those who are learning programming through a school aren’t taught about the ethics of programming. They aren’t taught how to design library API’s, how to separate concerns, or how to write small cohesive modules.

I like to call this the 'fallacy of assumed competence'. We assume teachers are good at teaching, and teachers assume students are good at learning and understanding. As i've grown older i've come to believe that most teachers suck really hard at teaching, and that most students suck really hard at knowing how to ask the teacher what they need to know.

In terms of programmer methodologies: nobody in the real world cares all that much. Nobody quits their job because their bosses wouldn't enforce using their preferred methodology. If you're all tasked with developing some giant framework or application and you all have to work together, at some point you learn it's a lot less painful to put your ego aside and just get work done.