Two metrics for developer greatness: 1) How complex are the real-world problems that you are able to solve effectively? 2) How robust and long-lasting are you

Two metrics for developer greatness: 1) How complex are the real-world problems that you are able to solve effectively? 2) How robust and long-lasting are your solutions? Note that these metrics are actually not specific to software at all! --- The post essentially says the same thing near the end, with the distillation: "the ability to acquire knowledge, and the ability to solve problems". Interestingly, you could view this as actually only looking at a single variable, but considering both its current value (problem-solving ability) and the change over time (ability to acquire new knowledge).