[Collizo4sky]

It a matter of collective synergy of brains and thinking by the vastly experience engineers that results to the wonder u see. Books are hard particalarly technical and programming books thats why u cant get the knowledge from book. #imho

[mrwnmonm]

so how to be as good as they are?

[mindcrime]

Learn the fundamentals, then work on hard problems. Hang out with as many really smart people - also working on hard problems - as you can. Read obsessively. Experiment and don't be afraid to fail from time to time.

[Collizo4sky]

Get ur hands dirty with code, solve problems and neva be a lazy jerk. BTW books and skuls like lynda.com can help