Эту статью о том, чем хорошие программисты отличаются от обычного стирального порошка, IMHO стоит либо проконспектировать отдельно, либо просто перевести. // mike

The criteria in bullets

So, in summary, here are some indicators and counter-indicators that should help you recognise a good programmer.

Positive indicators:

* Passionate about technology

* Programs as a hobby

* Will talk your ear off on a technical subject if encouraged

* Significant (and often numerous) personal side-projects over the years

* Learns new technologies on his/her own

* Opinionated about which technologies are better for various usages

* Very uncomfortable about the idea of working with a technology he doesn’t believe to be “right”

* Clearly smart, can have great conversations on a variety of topics

* Started programming long before university/work

* Has some hidden “icebergs”, large personal projects under the CV radar

* Knowledge of a large variety of unrelated technologies (may not be on CV)

Negative indicators:

* Programming is a day job

* Don’t really want to “talk shop”, even when encouraged to

* Learns new technologies in company-sponsored courses

* Happy to work with whatever technology you’ve picked, “all technologies are good”

* Doesn’t seem too smart

* Started programming at university

* All programming experience is on the CV

* Focused mainly on one or two technology stacks (e.g. everything to do with developing a java application), with no experience outside of it

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