Software Developer Traits
I’ve been doing a lot of talking to some peers recently about what it takes to be a developer as well as what it takes to stay at the top of your game. I will reiterate that I am talking about developers or “software engineers” rather than programmers or “script kiddies” who program for fun but either cannot or choose not to make it their fulltime profession.
I hope to get some intelligent discussion going on here about this. My intent is to offer suggestions in my next series of posts about what I believe it takes and maybe I am off base and I would love it if you could steer me in the right direction. My opinions come strictly from my experiences in the industry. At this point in time I haven’t had much exposure (blogs aside) to the professional development world outside of Michigan. I would like to think that are some core qualities that every developer possess, however I am sure this varies based on the industries and regional areas that the developer resides in.