Comment by alsoforgotmypwd

It comes off a bit verbose and hand-wavy.

My view of GSEs:

- Wiliness to test hypotheses, listen to others, seeks input and feedback, and maintain metrics to decide if various methods are or aren't working.

- Minimal ego.

- Curiosity about things at lower levels.

- Mastery of first principles and able to create data structures and algorithms optimized for specific, difficult problems.

- Ability to debug up and down the stack quickly.

- Concern for stability and usability by consumers of products and services maintained and delivered.

- Ability to teach and mentor.

- Ethical integrity refusing to compromise or exploit users for short-term business gain.