"Explicit deductive reasoning" is pretty darn rare.
(and "meticulous attention to detail" is not strictly necessary, as my own career attests.)
(and "meticulous attention to detail" is not strictly necessary, as my own career attests.)
I'd disagree. Debugging IS meticulous attention to detail. A single misspelling is often fatal. And if you've figured out how to program without debugging I'd love to know your secret.
I'd guess your baseline for that metric is enormously skewed by the people you spend time around. Even completing Algebra 2 requires meticulous attention to detail.