> persevere through technical issues This insight is severely under appreciated. It may very well be the primary personality trait that separates engineers.

> persevere through technical issues This insight is severely under appreciated. It may very well be the primary personality trait that separates engineers. It's not intelligence, reasoning, or problem solving skills. Those are certainly needed, but they are needed in a lot of occupations. Engineers for whatever reason are unwilling to let a problem go no matter how frustrating.