[ozzythecat]

Ability to step back and look at features, constraints, and have strong opinions on:

“Are we working on the right thing?”

“Is this valuable to work on, right now?”

“Is doing what I am doing the most effective use of my time?”

“How cheap or expensive is it to support what we’re doing? Is feature X worth its cost?”

“Is there opportunity to simplify the solution? Should we reduce scope? How?”

I think in my mind, it’s not always about the tech stack or a specific technical optimization so much as thinking in terms of costs, trade offs, and most importantly, why do something.

On other thing is being able to work with legacy code or code written by others. If your immediate solution is to rewrite something, you lose some points with me.