Arguably this list can apply to any "level" of engineer and not just 1x. It really consists of - in general - good qualities for an engineer (and some unrelated

Arguably this list can apply to any "level" of engineer and not just 1x. It really consists of - in general - good qualities for an engineer (and some unrelated ones like how you spend time outside of work, work to live/live to work, workspace decoration, etc.) I feel like the article is trying to imply that other "levels" of engineers might lack these qualities.