What it is
Instincts, not skills.
They turn up whether the job calls for them or not. That is what makes this a dimension and not a skill.
Your instinct is to look underneath. You don't act until you understand how the thing actually works — why the problem turned up, where the logic gives way, and what a fix would have to be to actually last. This isn't a job title. Put a Developer in finance, in communications, in operations, in charge of people, and the approach doesn't change: find the system, then fix the system. What you produce is reliability. Your test is one question. Does this hold?
- Finds what's actually causing the problem
- Sees how the pieces depend on each other
- Builds things that hold
- Names the risk early
Works well with
These cover its blind side.
Where it snags
Two instincts, different first moves.
Read as The Developer
What this looks like when it is the thing going wrong.
Which one is yours
You are reading The Developer. Is that actually you?
Ten situations, about three minutes, no sign-up. It tells you which of the five you reach for first — and which version of this page is yours.