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What Makes a Great Software Engineer (Dissertation) (2016) [pdf]

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94 points azhenley | 1 comments | 19 Feb 25 23:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.27s | source
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ultra-boss ◴[20 Feb 25 14:05 UTC] No.43114759[source]▶
"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. VWWHFSfQ ◴[20 Feb 25 14:32 UTC] No.43115098[source]▶
In my experience with the people that I have worked with over many years, the best software engineers were always that ones that had a personal interest in software and programming and not just "assembly-line programmers". So I do think that passion plays a large role in the difference between adequate/good and "great".