My definition of talented changed: it used to be very obviously smart people that could solve ‘shit’ fast. But those (and I was one of them) suffer from a lot o

My definition of talented changed: it used to be very obviously smart people that could solve ‘shit’ fast. But those (and I was one of them) suffer from a lot of issues (the ones I met anyway; I am talking about having worked with roughly 400 software engineers which had a few of these); the most annoying one (for me at this moment being) that the throughput is very inconsistent. These were 17-23. Now it is people who consistently deliver high quality, well thought out software. The speed matters far less to me (or my clients). These are over 40.