What makes a good software developer

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Comments

  • Anonymous
    July 23, 2007
    Well put, I particularly like your point regarding the difference between hacking and engineering. -- jp

  • Anonymous
    July 23, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    January 09, 2009
    A very good artilcle. Particularly I was impressed with the statement: "they typically do not worry themselves about things like "scope" or "area".  Making Microsoft better is their "area"... "

  • Anonymous
    November 02, 2009
    Good article.Good devs focus on improving the overall quality, debuggability and usability of the product no matter what.