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I think you can have different types of patience. Patience with getting something to work could be very different from the patience to build something correctly

I think you can have different types of patience. Patience with getting something to work could be very different from the patience to build something correctly, which could be different from the patience to deal with people... But I agree - you probably won't become a dev without having or learning some degree of patience.

jaabe 8y ago
The thing about people is an excellent point. The ability to work in teams would be on my personal list, but the author seemed to direct it at patience with a technical focus.
dahdum 8y ago
In most situations I'm a pretty impatient person, but coding never seems to try my patience. Getting into the flow and working the problem is what I enjoy doing.
mr_toad 8y ago
Some people are far too patient to be great programmers. They are content with the daily drudge of slow, manual tasks, whereas a truly good programmer would become frustrated and desire to improve things. http://threevirtues.com http://threevirtues.com