Avoid just sitting down and 'pumping out code' to solve the problem. Make sure what you're solving is really a problem, and is the right problem! This will take

Avoid just sitting down and 'pumping out code' to solve the problem. Make sure what you're solving is really a problem, and is the right problem! This will take tech skill, personal skills and a degree of relentlessness. Often the person with the issue will not want to dig into what's really driving the request.