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Discussion on: What Skills Makes a Great Software Engineer?

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Simon Egersand 🎈

I 100% agree! 💛

I appreciate people who have an urge to teach things. It can seem arrogant sometimes, but so long as they have the social skills to dance around it, it can be a valuable way for everyone involved to learn:

This quote deserves a post on its own.

I always push my fellow team members to teach and ask questions. It doesn't come naturally for everyone, which is ok. In the beginning of my career I had some people who were great at teaching and I still value that to this day. Personally I always make sure I have at least one person at work I meet with regularly to mentor and give them an opportunity to ask questions.

Today I booked time with someone in my team to ask about complicated sync vs. async scenarios and I learned a bunch.

Thanks for sharing!