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Can it be possible that there are more relevant skills to software engineering than pure coding ability? The best people I have worked with in my career were no
by aphextron 9y ago
Can it be possible that there are more relevant skills to software engineering than pure coding ability? The best people I have worked with in my career were not the few “rockstar” geniuses, but the rank and file developers with good communication skills and work ethic who strive to make everyone else’s lives easier.
- microcolonel 9y ago> Can it be possible that there are more relevant skills to software engineering than pure coding ability? The best people I have worked with in my career were not the few “rockstar” geniuses, but the rank and file developers with good communication skills and work ethic who strive to make everyone else’s lives easier. Those personality traits are part of performance as well; a combination of diligence and intelligence tends to predict both job and academic performance. You can be a genius, but you're not in that pool if you aren't willing to do the work.
- icebraining 9y agoI find that suspect; I know there are people with something called "work ethic", but for those of us lacking such characteristic, our willing to do the work depends on the work itself (plus the surrounding environment) - and that can be quite different between college and the workplace. For example, I'd say I'm a better worker than a student.