Re:Ask HN: Where are the best and brightest software enginee...
by syndicatedjelly on Sunday December 08, 2024 @10:32AM
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At some point in time, you could probably point to anyone of these places to answer your question and been correct:
- Moore Hall at Harvard
- Los Alamos
- Bell Labs
- Apple/Microsoft/Google/IBM/etc…
These days, the answer isn’t so cut and dry, and that’s definitely a good thing. More of us can benefit by having access to the “best and brightest“, and not having them be sequestered away where none of us can learn from them.
That said, some characteristics I look for in a bright engineer to look up to:
- endless enthusiasm over their subject matter expertise
- a broad understanding of how their expertise fits into the broader field
- a humble attitude - the more you “know”, the less you realize you actually know
- constant learning attitude, always reading some new book or improving their education
- Moore Hall at Harvard
- Los Alamos
- Bell Labs
- Apple/Microsoft/Google/IBM/etc…
These days, the answer isn’t so cut and dry, and that’s definitely a good thing. More of us can benefit by having access to the “best and brightest“, and not having them be sequestered away where none of us can learn from them.
That said, some characteristics I look for in a bright engineer to look up to:
- endless enthusiasm over their subject matter expertise
- a broad understanding of how their expertise fits into the broader field
- a humble attitude - the more you “know”, the less you realize you actually know
- constant learning attitude, always reading some new book or improving their education
- a willingness to teach others