I interviewed over 200 software developers for my book "Coders"
What's the one trait they generally all shared?
An ability to tolerate epic, constant, grinding, Sisphyean frustration
Even more important than "being logical", really
My essay on this:
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Oh and HELLO THERE people who might want to read more about the weird psychology and mental flow of programming ...
I wrote a book about it! Buyable in a DIVERSE ARRAY of formats: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539883/c
There's a chapter called "Constant Frustration and Bursts of Joy" lol
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Alternately, in my experience: becoming so absorbed in the logical puzzle that you barely notice the frustration. An obsession with iterating until it works, and a joy from each tiny increment towards that, which numb you to negative feelings about the process.
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This is great. Several years ago someone want us to name our dev team. I immediately said "Team Sysaphus."
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