In this post, the author questions the importance of basic skills in fields such as politics, education, and programming. While it’s necessary for leaders to make things happen, teachers to teach, and programmers to write code, basic skills are not enough since they lose sight of the big picture. The author argues that an ideal programmer is someone who is smart, gets things done, produces lines of code that are correct, maintainable, and that accomplish something worthwhile. The post also discusses a conversation on how much typing speed matters in programming and the dynamic of the discussion.
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/12/27/dumb-and-gets-things-done/