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by NeutronBoy 3287 days ago
Is it better to be a genius programmer, or an average programmer with an good understanding of the problem domain?
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I am biased, but real understanding of the problem domain will beat programming genius every time. Very few problems require genius programming, but most require an acute understanding of the problem [1].

1. What works really, really well is pairing people with deep domain knowledge and some programming ability with those who just have great programming ability.