Perseverance, the ability to continue trying in the...

Perseverance, the ability to continue trying in the face of failure for some outcome you desire, is a critical trait in achieving success in software engineering. " "" "In my mind, grit and perseverance are interchangeable, except I find grit has a more negative connotation because its secondary definition describes loose gravel or sand. I recently wrote about grit as the combination of passion and perseverance. Still, you need passion simply to persevere, so I don’t see a significant distinction between the terms, aside from a more positive connotation with the word perseverance. " "" "Vocabulary aside, repeated failure is inevitable when building software. You fix that compile issue just to be hit with a runtime crash. Only with perseverance can you achieve the success you’re looking for #bendevtip

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