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require critical thinking. without this, you are nothing in our craft.
You must be able to solve the problem in your mind (at a high level) before you even touch the keyboard. Otherwise you are just wasting your time.
The "how" comes second, and is technical in nature, and is iterative.
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I've found that often, you have to be able to come up with a few different ways to solve a problem.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When I get a well worked out document describing what I have to write, I don't need to read minds.
When all I am is a code monkey, I don't need critical thinking (in fact, it would be better if I just did my job).
When I'm really good at my job, persistence is of less importance.
And, of course, when I work alone, I don't need to be able to work in a team.
I've done all at some point in my career.
The years of experience always come in handy though!
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Hmmmm ... I can't say I've ever had specs that were that good that I didn't have to consider the POV of the user base, nor that I could just be a code monkey. Given that, persistence is highly important. 
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Ability to pick code worthy of cut and paste. 
For our friends in QA
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Imagine a carpenter who can't use a miter saw, a surgeon who is butterfingers with a scalpel, a programmer* who doesn't know how to set a breakpoint.
* as so often found in our QA forums 
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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The topic of Critical Thinking may already encompass this, but still ...
Problem Solving.
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But that's easy! Just throw down some cr@p, and when it don't work post it on SO and CP for fixing ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I tend to think that Critical Thinking encompasses Problem Solving but I'll admit that one doesn't imply the other.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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