If you understand this matrix as a rough guideline, to identify the general areas where you might want to work on your skills, it is not without merit. But I t

If you understand this matrix as a rough guideline, to identify the general areas where you might want to work on your skills, it is not without merit. But I think the complexities of software development make it fairly hard - if not impossible - to view someone through such a two-dimensional lens. Kind of like an IQ test. Knowing how somebody did on an IQ test might allow you to tell a genius from an idiot, but for the wide grey area in between, it is pretty useless, and downright dangerous if people start taking it to seriously.