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I think the answer is the same reason the male brain is larger than the female brain on average. The part of the brain that handles fighting. It's a pretty large part of our brains.

The reptilian hindbrain that handles violence isn't needed nearly as much now that we have society and civilization. It's shrinking.

Someone that can take something confusing they've written and then refactor it into something easy to read and modify is better than most compsci skills. Because that person can usually suffer through hours of googling to find a math solution to a problem.

I've never been able to articulate why I got good at coding when I was very young. Growing up in a chaotic household coding gave me an area of life that I could control. This seems obvious to me now.

Better Than JSON? 6 years ago

The only problem with json is that you can't do comments with the default implementation.

I think the point is that we develop in a stream of consciousness. We figure out what we need, pull it in, do what we need to do as it pops into our thoughts. When we're done it's time to start writing. Take that stream of consciousness and make it more logical. Easier to follow. Refined.

That's how authors write books. No one writes a first draft and declared the book finished. Every creative effort requires iteration to improve.

BUT, an average developer is better than a developer who just puts in their 8 hours a day and never learns new skills. The people who you make a point to address an issue with and then a few weeks later you see they created the same issue again.

I think the key is to actually care about your work. You got even a little bit of that and you're fine.