Mattias Petter JohanssonWhat do you think are critical traits in a programmer?
I actually mean critical, NOT things needed for unicorn/senior/super/10x. I mean stuff that you *need* to feel good and function well professionally.
JJ Atria@mpj The ability to recognise their mistakes, accept there are things they don't know, and take advice from others
Programmers are often seen as isolated and antisocial, but programming is a group activity, particularly so in FOSS
Pavneet Singh Saund🤘🏽@pavsaund @jjatria Yep. This comes up a lot on birdsite too, I think it makes a lot more difference than people generally realize. It's also supported by Googles research on high-performing teams - I talk about in in this episode of FFF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9OpTNk0hYc (link to the research is in the description)
We should also be aware that not everybody will have the same ability to develop or demonstrate empathy. The tricky bit is how to generate a space in which they too can contribute to the group, without damaging the things that make it work.
So maybe A is really bad at SQL, and B is really bad at dealing with people, and C is really bad at keeping the project on schedule. But somewhere between them there is a _team_ that can take the best of everyone.
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People skills / compassion / empathy are skills often neglected, but can be learned. Without them there is no team. Just individuals that happen to work near each other. I think for a team to play on each other's strengths, they need to be able to collaborate with each other at a certain level. Sometimes a team lead/ manager can play the middle-person between all. But I still don't think that's a team.
People skills / compassion / empathy are skills often neglected, but can be learned. Without them there is no team. Just individuals that happen to work near each other. I think for a team to play on each other's strengths, they need to be able to collaborate with each other at a certain level. Sometimes a team lead/ manager can play the middle-person between all. But I still don't think that's a team.