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Well, the very idea of 'great' programmers is wrong for starters because its misplaced. What is important is good engineers.
And what makes a good engineer is someone who can design a simple solution to a complex problem.
They also musn't be attached to their product and be happy to sling it out if needs be.
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Quote: And what makes a good engineer is someone who can design a simple solution to a complex problem.
I accept that completely.
But in addition to that i believe some engineers are much better than others in doing the same.
My topic of discussion is what makes them better?
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Aaditya Chauhan wrote: what makes them bett
Lack of ego.
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I believe your first assumption is wrong.
Great programmers != rockstar programmer.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
(√-sh*t) 2
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I know there are many debates already on the definitions of 'rockstar programmers'.
But as far as this question is concerned by rockstars i mean great programmers only.
Thanks for clarifying.
 Siyapa
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Aaditya Chauhan wrote: But as far as this question is concerned by rockstars i mean great programmers
only.
I reject that statement.
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You don't. There are maybe 10 great programmers at any time, and they didn't become what they are - they descended from the heavens.
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Lets take a moment and thank almighty for this!   
Siyapa
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I believe that great programmers never know they're great, the think of themselves as average or good at most. That drives them to never stop improving - allowing them to reach new heights.
Big mouthes never fare too well unless inserted in a environment full of ID-10T individuals, who are keen to call others "genius" or "great", mainly to justify their utter incompetence.
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I also believe that they have attitude of moving forward and getting things done irrespective of hindrances they face .
Siyapa
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The difference is: great programmers code better than good ones.
--Carlo de La Palice
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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Very minutely observed i must say.
Siyapa
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Good programmers are better and more pleasant than rockstar programmers.
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That is one of the perks of being a good programmer.
Siyapa
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The difference between a good and great programmer is that a good programmer can get the job done, but a great programmer stays on task and will get the job done.
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Absolutely!
But topic of discussion is what qualities in them converts the probable event(can) to sure event(will).
Siyapa
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A while back global warming was a pretty big deal in the USA.
Then we had the Ebola scare and there was weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Now all the drama queens are upset over police brutality.
These things used to upset me but now I just want to make money.
Make a prediction as to what the next big panic will be about - you know, the next issue that is about an injustice/disease/social ill that has been going on for 200+ years but that the young, juice-bag hipsters can wet themselves over, hate their parents about, stage a protest about, before moving onto the next fad cause.
I'm thinking a natural disaster of some sort.
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winter is coming, so, you'll see a lot of snowpocalypses.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I'm printing the T-Shirts as we speak.
Nice work.
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Too cold for t-shirts, what with all of the snow and all...
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Put fur edging on them!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Maximilien wrote: you'll see a lot of snowpocalypses
and carmageddon, and polar vortex...god I hate those  .
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Probably with sharks in them : Sharkalanche![^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Th fear-index should not drop too much, otherwise people stop to think. And yes, it helps in desensitizing, one gets quickly used to reports on the panicks.
Most of them are blown out of proportion. It is a form of "clickbait" for the traditional media.
Global warming is still a big deal, but less for me than for the Americans. Ebola, well, the only real surprise was that countries that rushed to get a "live specimen" home was astounding.
MehGerbil wrote: These things used to upset me
Yea, blame schooling.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
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