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ultra-boss ◴[20 Feb 25 14:05 UTC] No.43114759[source]▶

>>43109255 (OP) #

"At a high level, our informants described great software engineers as people who are passionate about their jobs."

Curious to know this group's thoughts: Do you believe that passion is NECESSARY to be a "great" software engineer?

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1. Pryde ◴[20 Feb 25 14:26 UTC] No.43115020[source]▶

>>43114759 #

I doubt passion is needed to execute at a "great" level once the skills are built to do so, but I think it's pretty likely that passion play an important role at building the capability

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