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To: Thomas Mercer-Hursh who wrote (38504)	1/27/2001 5:50:30 AM
From: Don Mosher	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 54805

Tom, Given that there may well be faster ways and better programming teams, how would you attempt to quantify how long it might take a rival to code an equivalent or better set of software programs? How might we think about software as a barrier to entry? How do you recognize who has high-level programming skills? Is it speed, accuracy, abstraction, creative solutions, or what? How do you, as an expert, recognize from examining code or by interview who is skillful and creative? What were the breakthroughs or inflection points in you own skill development? Did you have a strategy for improving your skills? How do you develop or recognize deep understanding? What qualities or strategies make for unusual expertise and deep understanding? I imagine some of these are universal in creative work, but I would love it if you would share your window into understanding coding as a creative process. Can you help us understand more about the art of coding? Thanks, Don