Always asking "why". No one will ever successfully transfer the problem in their head to your head first try. You will need to ask a lot of questions to try an

Always asking "why". No one will ever successfully transfer the problem in their head to your head first try. You will need to ask a lot of questions to try and bring your understanding near their understanding. Equally you need to actually understand why the problem you're solving is a problem. If someone wants the header on their website to be bigger, that's a very easy thing to do but there's always a reason why they want it bigger and knowing that will help you do it properly. Also, always ask why whatever solution you came up with works. There are very few situations where the actual answer is "Invoke these magic runes in the right order and pray". Spending the time to find out what the magic runes are and what they do will help you make sure that a) The problem won't come back b) Your solution is actually a good one c) You can solve similar problems in the future.