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Likely true
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Have you dogfooded the program yourself? Would be really cool if the CEO was also an alum and had his own portfolio of GitHub repositories with code. I think t would help in recruiting and make for a huge HN story
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Have been trying to find time to do that
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You’re assuming that based on your ‘dodged a bullet’ criteria those same people aren’t out applying to other schools and forging ahead after ‘venting’. Everyone copes differently. However name-calling I agree with, shows lack of empathy.
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I’m thinking we dodged a bullet in that pretend scenario. I’m sure they’ll go to other code schools.
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Right. So they aren’t 1/entitled nor don’t have 2/ grit & determination.
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I would say the best attribute is Empathy. For the user, for other developers, & for your future self. It totally changes how you approach the problem & what is acceptable as a solution.
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The happiest people I know have those qualities no matter what their career is or isn’t
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I'm almost certain that the two characteristics that most determine success as a software engineer are: 1. Access to high quality education early in life. 2. Enough privilege to know that if you fail or are rejected, that your family will still be able to make mortgage payments
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All entrepreneurs.
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Need to first define what success looks like and enumerate the career tracks available.
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Success to most people I met trying to break in was stability. They are joining the wrong industry

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They are not wrong
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I would say communication is a big one. Engineers that can’t communicate well won’t succeed. Especially when they might need to work with non technical people.
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Also, Lack of maturity to behave agile - it takes away their chance to take credit. Don't know how true it is in US but it's prevelant in India
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only engineers?
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I think these are the two characteristics that determine success in anything.
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Literally me
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Could be implied with “grit”, but: 3. An ability to stay unblocked (whether it’s by a senior engineer on the team, ability to effectively search google, etc)
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