What are you best at? We can't all be great at everything, but we all have certain skills which set us apart. What is it for you?
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What are you best at? We can't all be great at everything, but we all have certain skills which set us apart. What is it for you?
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Listening and digging into customer requirements.
Although that's more a business skill.
In my opinion: detect the strenghts of each member of your team
You could gain in efficiency, allow each of them to assign tasks in which they feel great; if not in charge, you can see with the most skilled person for most of the questions you need help with on certain topics
I think I'm a good teacher and I enjoy explaining difficult technical concepts to those who're just starting out.
Other than that, I have debugging superpowers (I'm known to have spent days searching for am missing comma on a 3rd party library to fix a bug they were having, which ended-up affecting us).
I also love teaching others and having mutual knowledge exchanges with people.
I'm still a new developer and am constantly learning new things about myself in regards to code. I think my greatest skill so far has been my ability to learn new concepts and tools quickly.
My colleagues treat me like a living encyclopedia.
But I don't think it's my best trait. On the contrary, it may have a detrimental effect in the long run. And I think I'm not very good at controlling this.
Maybe because I've graduated in Mathematics and not CS, I've always been pretty comfortable at grasping the big picture of a project. Never lose sight of the goal (thesis), divide the problems, follow the implications and such.
Also, I've never had any problems with mathematical formulae, logical expressions and geometry. Always useful, even in web development.
If one person is tasked with having that encyclopedic knowledge...
The Problem With Heroes In Software Development
Beekey Cheung γ» Sep 23 '17 γ» 5 min read
Precisely on point.
Not that we actually face emergencies, but giving away punctual notions usually doesn't help your colleagues grow. And that's a problem, or at least a missed opportunity.
It's definitely a problem if developers start relying on that.
I've suggested my boss to let me (and other seniors too) create internal courses and classes, especially now that we're growing. I would love that, really, not to mention we could also sell the courses outside the company.
But this idea hasn't taken off yet: we can't "sacrifice" our seniors' time to that. Oh well, I hope that'll change Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
I feel like I'm pretty good at picking stuff up and running with it, even if I haven't had much exposure to it before. Another tangential skill I have is sticking with a difficult problem when others might give up.
I will admit though, the latter sometimes results in me being the keeper/expert on certain things that I don't love.
Not loosing my mind when stuff doesn't work.
Being persistent to the point until I had achieved something.
My ability to talk about technical things with non-technical people. It has allowed me to succeed in work both in product companies and in consultancies.
I am good at learning.