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What skill does programming teach you most?   [Edit]

Survey period: 14 Mar 2011 to 21 Mar 2011

Software development endows its practitioners with an interesting set of skills. Which do you feel summarise your abilities best?

OptionVotes% 
Logical thinking71880.67
Naming (you are the human thesaurus)9710.90
Organisation25628.76
Creative / lateral thinking47353.15
Client negotiation10712.02
Seeing problems from all angles44449.89
The ability to think of all worst case scenarios37842.47
A brain that can juggle 20 conflicting concepts at once25628.76
A heightened awareness of one's own Godlike abilities18220.45
Other677.53
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

View optional text answers (83 answers)


 
GeneralRe: ln 'ertford, 'ereford and 'ampshire 'urricanes 'ardly ever 'appen Pin
Joan M16-Mar-11 11:27
professionalJoan M16-Mar-11 11:27 
GeneralAccountancy isn't boring, it's just less stressful Pin
Peter Mulholland15-Mar-11 1:21
Peter Mulholland15-Mar-11 1:21 
GeneralGoogling, Plagarism, Cut n Pasting PinPopular
flurbius14-Mar-11 17:45
flurbius14-Mar-11 17:45 
GeneralRe: Googling, Plagarism, Cut n Pasting Pin
Bon-Ton15-Mar-11 4:57
Bon-Ton15-Mar-11 4:57 
GeneralRe: Googling, Plagarism, Cut n Pasting Pin
Nemanja Trifunovic15-Mar-11 10:32
Nemanja Trifunovic15-Mar-11 10:32 
GeneralMessage Removed Pin
15-Mar-11 11:11
professionalN_tro_P15-Mar-11 11:11 
GeneralRe: Googling, Plagarism, Cut n Pasting Pin
Albert Holguin15-Mar-11 18:30
professionalAlbert Holguin15-Mar-11 18:30 
GeneralRe: Googling, Plagarism, Cut n Pasting Pin
Kamran Behzad15-Mar-11 14:53
Kamran Behzad15-Mar-11 14:53 
Yes. We are efficient programmers. Not re-inventors of the wheel. Long Live Google. Long Live CodeProject. Long Live Open Source. Long Live Developer Community.

Just think what would happen to the world we live in if politicians shared resources, insights, findings, know-how and techniques as we programmers do?!
GeneralRe: Googling, Plagarism, Cut n Pasting [modified] Pin
Pavel Vladov16-Mar-11 5:50
Pavel Vladov16-Mar-11 5:50 
GeneralCannot make programs fool-proof because fools are ingenius people Pin
Kamran Behzad14-Mar-11 17:41
Kamran Behzad14-Mar-11 17:41 
GeneralRe: Cannot make programs fool-proof because fools are ingenius people Pin
AntonioLopes14-Mar-11 18:54
AntonioLopes14-Mar-11 18:54 
GeneralRe: Cannot make programs fool-proof because fools are ingenius people Pin
TClarke16-Mar-11 0:02
TClarke16-Mar-11 0:02 
AnswerPatience! Pin
Super Lloyd14-Mar-11 15:04
Super Lloyd14-Mar-11 15:04 
GeneralRe: Patience! Pin
Steven Nicholas14-Mar-11 18:53
Steven Nicholas14-Mar-11 18:53 
GeneralCut, Copy, and Paste Pin
MarqW14-Mar-11 10:02
MarqW14-Mar-11 10:02 
GeneralIt increased my tolerance for pain. PinPopular
Gary Kirkham14-Mar-11 6:49
Gary Kirkham14-Mar-11 6:49 
GeneralRe: It increased my tolerance for pain. Pin
Gary Kirkham14-Mar-11 6:50
Gary Kirkham14-Mar-11 6:50 
GeneralRe: It increased my tolerance for pain. Pin
fabrice.leal14-Mar-11 10:35
fabrice.leal14-Mar-11 10:35 
GeneralProgramming also teaches me Murphy's Law Pin
Jun Du14-Mar-11 6:22
Jun Du14-Mar-11 6:22 
GeneralRe: Programming also teaches me Murphy's Law Pin
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳14-Mar-11 7:17
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳14-Mar-11 7:17 
GeneralProgramming teaches me how to listen Pin
Marc Clifton14-Mar-11 2:58
mvaMarc Clifton14-Mar-11 2:58 
GeneralRe: Programming teaches me how to listen Pin
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳14-Mar-11 3:40
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳14-Mar-11 3:40 
GeneralRe: Programming teaches me how to listen Pin
Slacker00714-Mar-11 5:57
professionalSlacker00714-Mar-11 5:57 
GeneralRe: Programming teaches me how to listen Pin
Pete O'Hanlon14-Mar-11 10:26
mvePete O'Hanlon14-Mar-11 10:26 
GeneralCause & Effect Pin
W Balboos, GHB14-Mar-11 1:25
W Balboos, GHB14-Mar-11 1:25 

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