Ask HN: What is the make up of a good software engineer/developer?

1 points by maxims 11y ago ↗ HN

I would really like to know what your opinion is for what makes up a good software engineer/developer.

I'm not even sure if this can be an objective topic but I have been thinking about this for a while with out any concrete points beside that the engineer/developer should be analytical, have the ability to adjust to different environments (flexible), and be a fast learner (which partly ties into being flexible).

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M8 11y ago ↗

"...have the ability to adjust to different environments..."

Likewise being able to know when a new technology is just a short-living fad despite being popular.

maxims 11y ago ↗

That is true, and would this knowledge come from specializing in a certain domain or just intuition?

Or could there be guidelines for determining if some technology will live a short life, for example: tablets or even the Apple watch?

sjs382 11y ago ↗

A little bit of intuition, a little bit just being too busy to get wrapped up into trends just because.