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hyeomans | 3 years ago
* Searches Google, Duckduckgo, Bing, or wherever they like when they're not sure what's up.
* Copy/pastes code snippets from Stack Overflow, Glitch, Codepen, or wherever they find answers.
* Gives credit where credit is due.
* Creates community and shares knowledge.
* Spends time on things outside of engineering, like hobbies, friends, and family.
* Has a schedule that allows them to maintain a healthy work-life balance, and respects others' time-boundaries, too.
* Isn't measured by arbitrary contribution scores on any website, and doesn't judge others for theirs either.
* Writes code that &emdash; gasp &emdash; has bugs.
* Writes code that others can read.
* Reads the Docs.
* Updates the Docs.
* Doesn't need to be passionate about the code they write or the problems they solve, but may be.
* Doesn't act surprised when someone doesn’t know something.
* Is willing and able to collaborate with others.
* Willing to spend time and energy to help teammates get unstuck, when appropriate.
* Publicly celebrates others for their wins.
* Ask questions before providing critical feedback.
* Gives tough feedback privately.
* Treats others how they would like to be treated.
* Provides code reviews and feedback to their peers that are constructive, helpful, and presented tactfully, helping their peers to grow personally and professionally.
* Expresses appreciation for code reviews and feedback from their peers that are constructive and helpful.
* Sometimes feels hurt by critical feedback, but doesn't react destructively.
* Sometimes takes short breaks to clear their head.
* Makes mistakes from time to time, and finds growth in those mistakes.
* Willing to admit when they're wrong, and aren't afraid to say "I don't know."
* May or may not like writing documentation, but does it anyway for future maintainers.
* May or may not like writing tests, but tries to learn to do so if the team or project needs it.
* Thanks others for their time, effort, and energy.
* Can have colorful desktop backgrounds.
* Supports code in production, even if they did not write it.
* Can feel like an imposter at times, and understands others may, too.
* Believes that everyone in the room is equally as smart and capable as they are.
* Will help level-up others, and asks for help when they need it.
* Never stops learning, but can feel totally overwhelmed by the amount of learning there is to do.
* Tries to keep discussions productive and lets others have their say before the team makes a decision.
* Is willing to leave their comfort zone.
* Contributes to the community in their own way when possible, and appreciates the ways that others contribute when they can.
* Can be a slow coder.
* Has productive and unproductive days.
* Doesn't take themselves too seriously.
* Says, "I've never heard of that," in lieu of nodding and pretending.
* Is trustworthy.
* Works to live, rather than living to work.
* Sometimes loses their work.
* Doesn't have to have the entire codebase memorized.
* Respects and upholds community Codes of Conduct.
* May work from home, the office, a coffee shop, or where ever else best works for them.
* Doesn't hate on tools, processes, or languages that they'd rather not use, or that others are using.
* Is not defined by the computer they're using.
* May decorate their laptop and workspace in any way they like, and is respectful of others' decor (or lack thereof), too.
* Isn't defined by myopic Tweetstorms by clueless VCs.
* May have a lot of unfinished personal projects, or no personal projects at all.
* Doesn't riddicule entire professions within engineering, especially not when in a position of leadershi p.
smcleod|3 years ago
tehnicaorg|3 years ago
mouzogu|3 years ago
for me "1x" or average is just someone who does the minimum but tries to do it well and professionally.
not proactive or overly opinionated. basically the 9-5 man (or woman).