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What skill does programming teach you most?   [Edit]

Survey period: 14 Mar 2011 to 21 Mar 2011

Software development endows its practitioners with an interesting set of skills. Which do you feel summarise your abilities best?

OptionVotes% 
Logical thinking71880.67
Naming (you are the human thesaurus)9710.90
Organisation25628.76
Creative / lateral thinking47353.15
Client negotiation10712.02
Seeing problems from all angles44449.89
The ability to think of all worst case scenarios37842.47
A brain that can juggle 20 conflicting concepts at once25628.76
A heightened awareness of one's own Godlike abilities18220.45
Other677.53
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

View optional text answers (83 answers)


 
GeneralRe: It increased my tolerance for pain. Pin
fabrice.leal14-Mar-11 10:35
fabrice.leal14-Mar-11 10:35 
GeneralProgramming also teaches me Murphy's Law PinPopular
Jun Du14-Mar-11 6:22
Jun Du14-Mar-11 6:22 
GeneralRe: Programming also teaches me Murphy's Law Pin
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳14-Mar-11 7:17
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳14-Mar-11 7:17 
GeneralProgramming teaches me how to listen Pin
Marc Clifton14-Mar-11 2:58
mvaMarc Clifton14-Mar-11 2:58 
GeneralRe: Programming teaches me how to listen Pin
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳14-Mar-11 3:40
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳14-Mar-11 3:40 
GeneralRe: Programming teaches me how to listen Pin
Slacker00714-Mar-11 5:57
professionalSlacker00714-Mar-11 5:57 
GeneralRe: Programming teaches me how to listen Pin
Pete O'Hanlon14-Mar-11 10:26
mvePete O'Hanlon14-Mar-11 10:26 
GeneralCause & Effect Pin
W Balboos, GHB14-Mar-11 1:25
W Balboos, GHB14-Mar-11 1:25 
I ended up only checking the 'worst case scenarios' aspect.

If you really think about it, the rest of the stuff are things one should have before one starts programming.



The worst-case scenario lesson arose early - in that endless war with the user-throngs. For surely, if I could summarize the lessons of programming: if something stupid can be done, someone will find a way to do it.








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GeneralAlways thinking head Pin
Slacker00714-Mar-11 0:46
professionalSlacker00714-Mar-11 0:46 
GeneralWhy on earth is this multiple choice? PinPopular
Rob Grainger13-Mar-11 23:16
Rob Grainger13-Mar-11 23:16 
JokeA heightened awareness of one's own Godlike abilities PinPopular
Abhinav S13-Mar-11 22:37
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GeneralAddiction to caffeine PinPopular
J a a n s13-Mar-11 22:24
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GeneralRe: Addiction to caffeine Pin
Nagy Vilmos15-Mar-11 2:22
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GeneralLogical Thinking Pin
Ravi Sant13-Mar-11 21:06
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GeneralRe: Logical Thinking Pin
Slacker00714-Mar-11 1:31
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F.R.C.14-Mar-11 16:26
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tbayart14-Mar-11 22:54
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Rob Grainger15-Mar-11 1:00
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tbayart15-Mar-11 3:03
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Kamran Behzad15-Mar-11 15:03
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JokeOooh! Pin
Ravi Bhavnani13-Mar-11 18:14
professionalRavi Bhavnani13-Mar-11 18:14 
GeneralRe: Oooh! Pin
Dalek Dave13-Mar-11 22:16
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Trollslayer14-Mar-11 10:03
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Ravi Bhavnani14-Mar-11 10:07
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GeneralRe: Oooh! Pin
Indivara15-Mar-11 3:15
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