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In Chapter 13 of 19 in his 2012 Capture Your Flag interview, Boxee co-founder and head of product Idan Cohen answers "What Separates a Good Programmer from a Great One?"  Cohen looks back on his own experience writing code as well as what he has learned managing programming teams.  He finds two paths computer programmers may take to be valuable to their groups.  The first is working quickly to iterate, produce, and iterate.  This is especially useful on front end design.  The second is a more reasoned approach that is built on efficiency.  He finds this more relevant to back end coding and design.  This is Idan Cohen's Year 1 CYF interview.  Cohen is co-founder and head of product at Boxee Inc, an online video software company.  Previous to Boxee, Cohen held telecom software innovation and developer roles at Comverse.  He was a Captain in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and graduated from Tel Aviv University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Geophysics and Art.