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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: Googling, Plagarism, Cut n Pasting [modified] Pin
Pavel Vladov16-Mar-11 5:50
Pavel Vladov16-Mar-11 5:50 
GeneralCannot make programs fool-proof because fools are ingenius people Pin
Kamran Behzad14-Mar-11 17:41
Kamran Behzad14-Mar-11 17:41 
GeneralRe: Cannot make programs fool-proof because fools are ingenius people Pin
AntonioLopes14-Mar-11 18:54
AntonioLopes14-Mar-11 18:54 
GeneralRe: Cannot make programs fool-proof because fools are ingenius people Pin
TClarke16-Mar-11 0:02
TClarke16-Mar-11 0:02 
AnswerPatience! Pin
Super Lloyd14-Mar-11 15:04
Super Lloyd14-Mar-11 15:04 
GeneralRe: Patience! Pin
Steven Nicholas14-Mar-11 18:53
Steven Nicholas14-Mar-11 18:53 
GeneralCut, Copy, and Paste PinPopular
MarqW14-Mar-11 10:02
MarqW14-Mar-11 10:02 
GeneralIt increased my tolerance for pain. PinPopular
Gary Kirkham14-Mar-11 6:49
Gary Kirkham14-Mar-11 6:49 
As far as the other choices, I think those are needed by those who go into programming, not an outcome of programming. If you didn't already have them, then programming might not have been your best career choice.
Gary Kirkham

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GeneralRe: It increased my tolerance for pain. Pin
Gary Kirkham14-Mar-11 6:50
Gary Kirkham14-Mar-11 6:50 
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 
GeneralAlways thinking head Pin
Slacker00714-Mar-11 0:46
professionalSlacker00714-Mar-11 0:46 
GeneralWhy on earth is this multiple choice? Pin
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
Abhinav S13-Mar-11 22:37 
GeneralAddiction to caffeine PinPopular
J a a n s13-Mar-11 22:24
professionalJ a a n s13-Mar-11 22:24 
GeneralRe: Addiction to caffeine Pin
Nagy Vilmos15-Mar-11 2:22
professionalNagy Vilmos15-Mar-11 2:22 
GeneralLogical Thinking Pin
Ravi Sant13-Mar-11 21:06
Ravi Sant13-Mar-11 21:06 
GeneralRe: Logical Thinking Pin
Slacker00714-Mar-11 1:31
professionalSlacker00714-Mar-11 1:31 
GeneralRe: Logical Thinking Pin
F.R.C.14-Mar-11 16:26
F.R.C.14-Mar-11 16:26 

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