Nice article "How to Recognize a Good Programmer" KDan writes "It’s not as easy as it sounds. CV experience is only of limited use here, because great programmers don’t always have the “official” experience to demonstrate that they’re great. In fact, a lot of that CV experience can be misleading. Yet there are a number of subtle cues that you can get, even from the CV, to figure out whether someone’s a great programmer.
Here you can find the detail of article, worth to read;
inter-sections.net/2007/11/13/how-to-recognise-a-good-programmer
How to Identify a Good Programmer
I honestly dreamt of being one when I was a kid 
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