OSCON keynote: Standing out in the crowd

Posted Jul 30, 2009 13:50 UTC (Thu) by paulj (subscriber, #341)
In reply to: OSCON keynote: Standing out in the crowd by jlokier
Parent article: OSCON keynote: Standing out in the crowd

I don't think super-star-coderness aligns with thriving-on-confrontation (which implies they have a somewhat confrontational personality themselves).

The super-star coder I've dealt with was, if anything, the reverse. They not only could get through tricky bugs quicker than others and get beautiful code written faster than others, but they also spent a lot of time on mentoring others. In short, they enhanced the productivity of the other coders around them.