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The ability to focus for extended period of time is important and well known. I think that good programmers also have a better than average short-term working
by stephc_int13 6y ago
The ability to focus for extended period of time is important and well known.
I think that good programmers also have a better than average short-term working memory space, so they can keep relatively complex structures in their head.
- Barrin92 6y agoI'll second this one because it's the first thing I came up that wasn't just some generic advice. The worst feeling for me in programming is not knowing 'where' I am in the code, when everything just feels like some sort of mental mush and you just stare at code confused because it's clogged your head up. It's really good to be able to really focus, rearranging things in your head, imagining how something might look before it's done and so on.