It's not about being erudite, or knowing lots of things. What you pick up on when you're having a conversation with another programmer about writing code is wh

It's not about being erudite, or knowing lots of things. What you pick up on when you're having a conversation with another programmer about writing code is whether or not they give a crap about their craft and doing it well, and what kinds of things they think about and worry about in their code and the code they work with. The really good programmers are the ones who want to make the world of software a better place, without concern for ego or who wrote what.