What Makes a Great Software Engineer? [pdf]

Re:What Makes a Great Software Engineer? [pdf] by justboxing on Sunday December 10, 2017 @04:59PM (#15893713)

This.

> Being personable: "Can I have a beer with this guy?" is the worse in my opinion.

Social Drinking is a very western activity. In the East (India, Pakistan, China, etc...) a large majority of people are what are called "teetotalers" - never drink alcohol. Yet they socialize as much, if not more.

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Re:What Makes a Great Software Engineer? [pdf] by ramchip on Sunday December 10, 2017 @07:28PM (#15894349)

Japan and Korea have very strong social drinking cultures, so I don’t think it’s really a question of East vs West.

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Re:What Makes a Great Software Engineer? [pdf] by fma on Sunday December 10, 2017 @09:16PM (#15894712)

Drinking and eating is a very social part of life in China...

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Re:What Makes a Great Software Engineer? [pdf] by yeukhon on Sunday December 10, 2017 @05:51PM (#15893913)

While I agree with you, in other industries such as hedge funds, "social drinking" is a regular thing.

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