Computer Programmer Skills & Competencies
Aside from knowledge of computer languages and familiarity with relevant commercial products, there are several soft skills computer programmers should have to be successful.

Analytical thinking: Computer programmers need to understand, manipulate, and repair complex computer code. This sometimes entails trying to isolate a problem that could be buried somewhere in thousands of lines of code, so they need to be able to think through the problem and narrow down where to look.