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Is Critical Thinking the Most Important Skill for Software Engineers? (blog.pragmaticengineer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by terebat@programming.dev to c/experienced_devs@programming.dev

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[–] GameOfHotPotato@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s critical thinking as that’s too wide a term to be useful. What I would put in my top 3 skills are:

problem decomposition
curiosity
being open to feedback / criticism

Problem decomposition allows you to take huge problems and fix them as if they’re nothing more than a few tiny issues.

You won’t learn anything after the initial knowledge required to do your job and keep on growing without being curious.

The same can be said for feedback, a lot of people attach their ego to their work. This is such a limiting factor, holding you back from improving in areas you weren’t aware of.