Agreed. It is more about personality than anything else. If you want to learn and solve problems you will simply work at it until you figure it out.
I have seen so many developers utterly fail at this. They require not just a particular language, but a particular framework and a certain specific mountain of abstractions. Any less that could remotely expose their incompetence is immediate cause for rebellion. Their strong arguments are whining and excuses instead of simply figuring it out.
I don't want to have to work at as a baby sitter if I am hired to be a senior developer. Some junior devs are a pleasure to work with and really bring appreciation to the job and others make me want to quit and go do something else.
I say junior devs, but I have also encountered some senior devs whom I would describe as junior.
> They require not just a particular language, but a particular framework and a certain specific mountain of abstractions. Any less that could remotely expose their incompetence is immediate cause for rebellion.
I would actually rephrase this and go a step farther -- I have met many people who don't like to learn, full stop. They learn the minimal amount necessary to carve out safe, known territory, and do all the work they possibly can to NOT LEAVE THAT AREA.
This is obviously a great survival trait and may be good in some careers, but it's not a trait I'd like to see in a developer, especially one I fully intend to do my best in growing.
I have seen so many developers utterly fail at this. They require not just a particular language, but a particular framework and a certain specific mountain of abstractions. Any less that could remotely expose their incompetence is immediate cause for rebellion. Their strong arguments are whining and excuses instead of simply figuring it out.
I don't want to have to work at as a baby sitter if I am hired to be a senior developer. Some junior devs are a pleasure to work with and really bring appreciation to the job and others make me want to quit and go do something else.
I say junior devs, but I have also encountered some senior devs whom I would describe as junior.