And, I thank you for sharing. I discovered your blog not long ago, but it has been very satisfying to read over you new and old posts.
I remembered when I first read Code Complete. It was given to me by an old boss on my first week on that job. At the time, I also thought I knew what I was doing, and the book made me realize what developing software is all about.
This was long time ago, and I haven’t read it since then, but I should go back and revisit it. A reallity check comes handy once in a while.