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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

In a research paper in 2019, a group of researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington asked 59 experienced engineers what makes engineers and what makes great software engineers.

๐Ÿญ. ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€

Personal qualities pertain to your own identity. According to interviewees, these cannot be acquired in the job.

โžก๏ธ Improvingโ€”Unsatisfied with the status quo, they are constantly looking to improve themselves, their product, and their surroundings.

โžก๏ธ Passionate โ€” intrinsically interested in the area they are working in (i.e., not just in it for extrinsic rewards like a paycheck).

โžก๏ธ Open-minded โ€” willing to judiciously let new information change how they think.

โžก๏ธ Data-driven โ€” taking and evaluating their actions and software measurements, often relative to expectations.

๐Ÿฎ. ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

Your decision-making style is based on your ability to integrate context, probability, and an awareness of how your choices will manifest in reality. Knowing things from books is insufficient.

โžก๏ธ Knowledgeable about people and the organization - Figuring out who can help you, what they know, and who can provide the necessary context are all essential skills. This is particularly important for larger companies.

โžก๏ธ Sees the forest and the treesโ€”Considers circumstances at various abstraction levels, including technical specifics, market trends, the company's mission, and operational requirements. What effect does each have on the work you do?

โžก๏ธ Updates their mental models - Keeping up-to-date their mental models through evaluating changes in their context

โžก๏ธ Handles complexity - Able to grasp and reason about complex and intertwining ideas

๐Ÿฏ. ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€

Software development is a team sport; thus, how you lead and collaborate with your team counts.

โžก๏ธ Creates shared contextโ€”Modifying your message to fit the other person's comprehension allows you to operate from the same starting point.

โžก๏ธ Creates shared success - Enabling success for everyone involved, possibly involving personal compromises.

โžก๏ธ Creates a havenโ€”a safe space where engineers can learn and improve from mistakes and situations without negative consequences.

โžก๏ธ Honest - Be truthful and have integrity with your actions and words.

๐Ÿฐ. ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜

This part includes software engineering and how we craft code and solve problems.

โžก๏ธ Elegant - Simple and intuitive.

โžก๏ธ Creative - Original solutions based on knowledge of the situation, existing solutions, and their shortcomings.

โžก๏ธ Anticipate needsโ€”Software that operates continuously and changes its configuration with little assistance is regarded as excellent. However, it cannot be made so future-proof that it significantly hinders current speed.

Research paper PDF => https://faculty.washington.edu/ajko/papers/Li2015GreatEngineers.pdf

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