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"Most important"? My mother is a patient and detail-oriented person, but I wouldn't hire her as a software dev. To take a less extreme example, depending on th
by rcar 8y ago
"Most important"? My mother is a patient and detail-oriented person, but I wouldn't hire her as a software dev.
To take a less extreme example, depending on the role I'd still rather hire someone who was occasionally impatient and didn't always write tests but knew how to code really well vs. a fresh grad who's always cheery and polishes the hell out of their work but takes a lot longer and produces meandering code.
- scoutt 8y agoIf your mother is not a programmer, then (following the logic of the article) being a patient and detail-oriented person doesn't make someone automagically a programmer.
- ken 8y agoI would gladly hire her as a software dev over many of my former coworkers who were actual software devs. It's quite possible to teach a conscientious person to write programs. I haven't figured out how to teach a person who writes programs to be conscientious.