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Discussion on: What’s the Key to Successful Coding?

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Wynand Pieters

Like with most things in software...

say the line bart meme - senior dev it depends

Memes aside, in my experience I've found it's easier to teach fundamental and foundational skills than problem solving, so I'd say people who are naturally more inclined to problem solve well will be more "successful".

On the flip side, there are tons of development work that doesn't need you to solve complex problems, and just having good coding skills is enough, and for those jobs people who want to solve problems will struggle. So having that skill is only a benefit in the right environment.

You really need both. I just think one is easier to acquire as needed.