The best programmers I have worked with: 1) Taught interpersonal skills and leadership by example. Constantly. 2) Taught coding and software design skills by

The best programmers I have worked with: 1) Taught interpersonal skills and leadership by example. Constantly. 2) Taught coding and software design skills by example. Constantly. 3) Acted in the best interest of our shared goals to get our whole team up to full speed, rather than pretended like programming is a solo sport, to the benefit of our projects. Looks like arrogance didn't make the list.