Ask HN: How old were the most talented software engineers you've met?

Re:Ask HN: How old were the most talented software engineers... by sierdolij on Thursday January 03, 2019 @01:50AM (#18813370)

I think there's three components to every employment position:

- sufficient work ability, rarely an issue.

- teamwork - at work interface, negotiating, empathy with others. be relentlessly resourceful and useful, but get yours too.

- off-the-clock skills and interpersonal/appearance likability - a bunch of awkward single dudes can't say "no" to the socially-calibrated dude who goes out and convinces a bunch of attractive-enough females to hang-out with a bunch of random engineer dudes. be that guy, and you'll have friends bugging you all the time... turn your phone off and rock out to Spotify. :D

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Re:Ask HN: How old were the most talented software engineers... by hluska on Friday January 04, 2019 @07:10AM (#18823438)

How the fuck does convincing a group of women to hang out have anything to do with work? It doesn't and the idea that it should is the cause of lots of huge problems in this industry.

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Re:Ask HN: How old were the most talented software engineers... by pojzon on Thursday January 03, 2019 @07:31AM (#18814603)

What if you have only the first two? Remote work only ?

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