There are people who are very opinionated and also "appear" to be right almost all of the time. But in practice, I've found that this is an illusion and that th

There are people who are very opinionated and also "appear" to be right almost all of the time. But in practice, I've found that this is an illusion and that there are long-term repercussions for being too invested in ideas or technical philosophies. I think that the "be humble" criterion makes sense because it is directly correlated to the awareness that there is no single right way to do something. Changing requirements can pull the rug from underneath you and turn a good idea into a bad idea. Software engineering is a bit like economics; a lot of people think that they understand it, but in reality nobody does.