{"id":26340,"date":"2016-08-12T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T05:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=26340"},"modified":"2016-08-12T07:34:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T05:34:00","slug":"the-traits-of-a-proficient-programmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/12\/the-traits-of-a-proficient-programmer\/","title":{"rendered":"The traits of a proficient programmer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“The traits of a proficient programmer – Bridging the gap between competence and proficiency<\/a>” is a good continuation of the recent “What is a Senior Developer?<\/a>” discussion. \u00a0This time, the question “Do you know what the difference between competence and proficiency is?<\/em>” is asked and answered:<\/p>\n

Competence means having enough experience and knowledge to get stuff done; proficiency involves knowing why you are doing something in a certain way, and how it fits into the big picture. In other words, a proficient practitioner is always a competent practitioner, but the opposite may not be true.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are also some tips on how to become proficient.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

“The traits of a proficient programmer – Bridging the gap between competence and proficiency” is a good continuation of the recent “What is a Senior Developer?” discussion. \u00a0This time, the question “Do you know what the difference between competence and proficiency is?” is asked and answered: Competence means having enough experience and knowledge to get … Continue reading The traits of a proficient programmer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The traits of a proficient programmer #programming #WebDev","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,18,62],"tags":[1330],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-26340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-programming","category-technology","tag-web-development"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28360,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/03\/hiring-sucks\/","url_meta":{"origin":26340,"position":0},"title":"Hiring Sucks.","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"February 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The other day I came across this story by Guy Shachar, in which he shares his experience with hiring people and the lack of candidates. 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