Why being stubborn is good when you are a programmer

I agree. Though actually I have always said I am stubborn and lazy. Stubborn is the "I will NOT let the computer win" part, and lazy is the part the makes me not want to write the same code over and over again. We all know that it takes more time to write reusable code than to just whip out some code to solve a particular problem. But it's worth it to make it reusable so you don't have to do it again. Or to write code that will automate more processes. Etc. Lazy, I say.