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by PaulHoule 3818 days ago
Software development involves a wide range of skills. Some people are better at one thing, other people people are better at other things.

I knew a guy who knew C++ pretty well and would write network optimization algorithms, stuff that I don't really do. This guy unfortunately had a a temper when people didn't agree with him and I would not let him around serious OO (many C++ people are serious but not about OO), distributed systems, and UIs.