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Empathy is probably the single most important difference between a good hacker and a great one, because great software has to be seen from the user's point of view.

Drawn from what Paul Graham said

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design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

On the topicWho should design software, and how?under our view: Design for users without taking their orders, and remember that you are not the user

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What Paul Graham actually said

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  1. Paul Graham

    Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb

    Empathy is probably the single most important difference between a good hacker and a great one. Some hackers are quite smart, but when it comes to empathy are practically solipsists.

    Where this was said

    ↗Hackers and Painterspaulgraham.com

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