The Top 10 Attributes of a Great Programmer

About five years ago Steve Riley put together following list which seems to make sense up to this day:
1. Being a great problem solver.
2. Being driven and lazy at the same time.
3. Ability to understand other people’s code
4. Having a passion for programming
5. Loving learning for the sake of learning
6. Being good at Math
7. Having good communications skills
8. Strong debating skills
9. Extreme optimism
10. Extreme pessimism

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