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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%

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GeneralEye for detail Pin
Mycroft Holmes19-Mar-11 22:32
professionalMycroft Holmes19-Mar-11 22:32 
GeneralProgramming thought me every problem solved.... Pin
Snoepie16-Mar-11 8:09
Snoepie16-Mar-11 8:09 
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OriginalGriff17-Mar-11 6:09
mveOriginalGriff17-Mar-11 6:09 
Sorry? I have been using C# for a couple of years now, and trust me, you can knock up a simple .NET program as fast or faster than you can a pure 'C' version.

Not only that, but it can be a lot quicker to develop a more complex problem in .NET just because all the basic donkey work is there, tested and working - and not just the really basic stuff either. .NET includes things as standard which are a pain to include when you "write a quick solution" if you need them for the task.

You only find 9 bugs when you fix one if you designed it badly in the first place, or fixed it badly later.
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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Snoepie17-Mar-11 6:22
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GeneralOnly 130 of us... Pin
#realJSOP16-Mar-11 3:36
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Tomz_KV16-Mar-11 6:25
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Indivara16-Mar-11 11:29
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PIEBALDconsult16-Mar-11 17:09
mvePIEBALDconsult16-Mar-11 17:09 
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Keith Barrow18-Mar-11 11:58
professionalKeith Barrow18-Mar-11 11:58 
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Soulus8318-Mar-11 12:56
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Steve Mayfield19-Mar-11 11:10
Steve Mayfield19-Mar-11 11:10 
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Mycroft Holmes19-Mar-11 22:30
professionalMycroft Holmes19-Mar-11 22:30 
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RomTibi20-Mar-11 0:53
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GeneralHabilities Pin
Joan M15-Mar-11 11:20
professionalJoan M15-Mar-11 11:20 
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Indivara16-Mar-11 2:59
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Joan M16-Mar-11 4:05
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Indivara16-Mar-11 11:19
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Joan M16-Mar-11 11:25
professionalJoan M16-Mar-11 11:25 
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iris.frigole16-Mar-11 7:59
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Joan M16-Mar-11 11:27
professionalJoan M16-Mar-11 11:27 
GeneralAccountancy isn't boring, it's just less stressful Pin
Peter Mulholland15-Mar-11 1:21
Peter Mulholland15-Mar-11 1:21 
GeneralGoogling, Plagarism, Cut n Pasting Pin
flurbius14-Mar-11 17:45
flurbius14-Mar-11 17:45 
GeneralRe: Googling, Plagarism, Cut n Pasting Pin
Bon-Ton15-Mar-11 4:57
Bon-Ton15-Mar-11 4:57 
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Nemanja Trifunovic15-Mar-11 10:32
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