Essential Traits for a Good programmer

Question

1. Passion for programming
2. Problem Solving
3. Break complex problem into simpler one
4. Reuse not reinvent
5. Practice Practice
6. Change as world change comes

What else you think ?

Answer 1

Added few from my end :-

*  An obsession with the details of how things work
*  A strong ability to internalize abstraction
*  Persistence
*  Patience
*  Profanity