The people I most fondly remember working with somehow managed to become really good while keeping all the good parts of being juniors. At one company I worked

The people I most fondly remember working with somehow managed to become really good while keeping all the good parts of being juniors. At one company I worked for, there was one guy, a kid, really, the youngest person on the team, who was approached by everyone for help. No matter whether the problem was front-end javascript, back-end python, something to do with algorithms or a difficult regex, he could instantly switch context and help out. And if he couldn't help, he'd come over a few hours later with a better solution than you had thought up in the interim. And yet, he was ever humble, smiling, and never seemed bothered by being interrupted. He didn't make you feel like you were stupid while at the same time giving you a solution and properly explaining it. Never mind that he was half your age, it never felt humiliating. He's the kind of programmer I aspire to become, both in skill and attitude, and I wish there were more like him around.