[Retric]

That’s a fair point, but in my experience professionalism trumps what is generally considered cultural fit. Also, while I agree ranking people is going to be team and role specific, much of what makes people effective is fairly universal.

Personally, I would place technical skill at around 50% of what makes up a talented software developer. Effective communication, ability and willingness to work with others, flexibly, work ethic, attention to detail, prioritization, etc are all important. But, I have found these things really tend to go together.

[necovek]

I think this is an important point: they tend to go together because, imho, they are necessary qualities for someone who will "get the job done" (as opposed to someone who will get stuck with no iption to dig themselves out).