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title: "How Critical Thinking Turned Me Into a Software Engineering Rockstar 🎸🤘"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-critical-thinking-turned-me-into-a-software-engineering-rockstar--e6jdvnh6o
source_url: https://itnext.io/how-critical-thinking-turned-me-into-a-software-engineering-rockstar-995294ae4d6b?source=rss----5b301f10ddcd---4
type: article
source: "ITNEXT"
published: 2023-04-19T11:42:15.558Z
updated: 2026-03-15T06:47:04.683Z
tags: ["agile", "code-review", "productivity"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 30
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# How Critical Thinking Turned Me Into a Software Engineering Rockstar 🎸🤘

**[ITNEXT](https://daily.dev/sources/itnext)** · 5 min read · 30 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

The power of critical thinking saves the day — and your hopes of sorting socks! With critical thinking, code review sessions can become a harmonious wonderland of collaboration and learning. Critical thinking helps you listen to feedback, ensuring you understand the reasoning behind each comment. You learn to evaluate suggestions objectively without letting emotions cloud your judgment.

## Full article

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**@devsanj** · 0 upvotes

> Great one!!!

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Tags: [#agile](https://daily.dev/tags/agile), [#code-review](https://daily.dev/tags/code-review), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity)

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