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Comment on Ask HN: As a programmer, how do you know if you're a good one or not?

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This can only be answered with context.

Someone may or may not be a good programmer depending on a whole bunch of factors, the project being built, their familiarity with the codebase, familiarity with the technologies used, how happy they feel in their job, how happy in their personal life, if they really like the project they are working on, whether they get time/space to concentrate. It goes on and on.

There's no answer to "is person X a good programmer" within context and even then it's purely subjective.

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