That's probably true. But one thing that was always innate in me: the ability to sit in front of a computer for 12 hours without going insane ;-) I read a lot

That's probably true. But one thing that was always innate in me: the ability to sit in front of a computer for 12 hours without going insane ;-) I read a lot of other people's code. I think that's important to developing taste -- at least as important as writing a lot of code if not more so.