<story><title>What Makes a Great Software Engineer? Just My Thoughts</title><url>http://elliot.land/what-makes-a-great-software-engineer</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>andrewstuart</author><text>I wrote on characteristics of a great software developer a while back.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.supercoders.com.au&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;50characteristicsofagreatsoftwaredeveloper.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.supercoders.com.au&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;50characteristicsofagreat...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that people try to recruit for these things.&lt;p&gt;When recruiting, follows Joel&amp;#x27;s advice - smart and gets stuff done.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>elliotchance</author><text>That is a fantastically comprehensive list - I was racking my brain for a while to try and think of something before I replied. Not sure if this one is covered already but maybe...&lt;p&gt;Student; is able to ask for help.&lt;p&gt;A lot of these are hard to objectively test for (in a recruiting sense) because they can be subjective or be dependant on the working environment itself. It never hurts to have more information that less, though!</text></comment>
<story><title>What Makes a Great Software Engineer? Just My Thoughts</title><url>http://elliot.land/what-makes-a-great-software-engineer</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>andrewstuart</author><text>I wrote on characteristics of a great software developer a while back.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.supercoders.com.au&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;50characteristicsofagreatsoftwaredeveloper.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.supercoders.com.au&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;50characteristicsofagreat...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that people try to recruit for these things.&lt;p&gt;When recruiting, follows Joel&amp;#x27;s advice - smart and gets stuff done.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>billforsternz</author><text>Really impressive work. You&amp;#x27;ve taken &amp;quot;smart and gets things done&amp;quot; to the next level.</text></comment>