# Perfectionism vs. Excellence

DevFeed: [Perfectionism vs. Excellence](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/perfectionism-vs-excellence-25470.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://hannesdorfmann.com/perfectionism-vs-excellence/>)

Author: Hannes Dorfmann

Published: 2021-01-29T09:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hannes Dorfmann](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hannes-dorfmann.md>)

Topics: [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/engineering-culture.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [code-reviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-reviews.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>)

## AI overview

The article distinguishes perfectionism from striving for excellence and examines the difference through the practical example of software engineering code reviews. It describes perfectionism as pursuit of subjective, unattainable ideals driven by approval and perception, and notes reported associations with poorer achievement and psychological difficulties.

## Source excerpt

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving for excellence. How does one differentiate from the other and why does it matter? How does it related to software engineering? These are the questions that I want to answer by looking at a very concrete example from the world of software engineering: Code Reviews.