All posts on this topic should start with a brief description of the problem domain, because all sensible conclusions depend on it. There are problem domains wh

All posts on this topic should start with a brief description of the problem domain, because all sensible conclusions depend on it. There are problem domains where you just have to be insanely smart to be able to contribute, and there are others (as I get the feeling is the case here) where you just need to be reasonably socially competent and dependable. A “good engineer” in one domain can be terrible in another.