--- title: I’m Not a Great Programmer | daily.dev description: An article by Addy Osmani suggests that a good engineer is not necessarily an effective one. He outlines 10 traits of effective engineers to guide you on your... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-not-a-great-programmer-shheyh0ea twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I’m Not a Great Programmer | daily.dev og:description: An article by Addy Osmani suggests that a good engineer is not necessarily an effective one. He outlines 10 traits of effective engineers to guide you on your... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-not-a-great-programmer-shheyh0ea og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ShHeyh0ea.png og:image:alt: I’m Not a Great Programmer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I’m Not a Great Programmer **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 4 min read · 206 upvotes · 33 comments ## Summary An article by Addy Osmani suggests that a good engineer is not necessarily an effective one. He outlines 10 traits of effective engineers to guide you on your journey to becoming a more efficient developer. The most crucial trait for long-term effectiveness is the willingness and ability to learn and apply new things quickly. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@huntermcrory** · 13 upvotes > Me neither. But this what keeps my going: the will the improve **@lucasalvares** · 5 upvotes > but I'm better than I was yesterday, the important thing is to improve every day **@gscarvalho** · 3 upvotes > I think so.... > We always have something to improve and the best programmers always looking for improvement. **@iamvishal16** · 3 upvotes > Similar to coding, there's always room for improvement. 😄💪🏻 **@mustaphabourane** · 2 upvotes > That what makes me going further, and consistency of course > "Don’t fear failure and don’t be scared of making mistakes. It can stop you from trying new things and growing as a developer" > > Thanks for this amazing artical. --- Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-not-a-great-programmer-shheyh0ea) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I’m Not a Great Programmer","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-not-a-great-programmer-shheyh0ea","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-not-a-great-programmer-shheyh0ea"},"datePublished":"2023-09-11T11:19:47.786Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"An article by Addy Osmani suggests that a good engineer is not necessarily an effective one. 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