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Ivar's column on Smartness
Date: 18 January 2008
One of the most popular movements in software development in recent years is the move toward agility. Today everyone wants to be agile. That is good! However, the essence of being agile is being smart. I have for several years expressed that the most important character you need to have to be a great software developer is to be smart. In several of my columns I have summarized what you need to be successful by saying: You need to be smart! What does that mean? Most people know intuitively what “being smart” means in everyday language, but what does it mean for software.