Sorry! It&#x27;s possible that I missed some context, yes. I kind of skimmed this thread and fixated on your post because it seemed like it was making a rather extreme claim.<p>If you&#x27;re already a good engineer, then it&#x27;s much more likely that you can become a great engineer. I&#x27;m still not convinced that <i>every</i> good engineer can become a great engineer. Maybe most? I know that I have a memory-related lack of attention to detail that I&#x27;ve never been able to get rid of entirely, regardless of adherence to lists and standards and specs and so on. I basically can&#x27;t maintain an event-driven workflow and it causes problems. I&#x27;ve gotten around it by going into mathematics and programming, which are relatively stateless, but I can easily see myself reaching &quot;good&quot; engineer status but not &quot;great&quot; engineer status.