James King and Steve Greenblatt debut a creative episode format called Maintain/Update/Deprecate. Questions are posed with three answers, which James and Steve each rank from best to worst and explain why.The theme of this episode is skills, qualities, and career growth for AV programmers. What skills are most important for the success of AV programmers?a. Platform expertiseb. Software developmentc. Networking/IT What is most important for AV programmers’ careers?a. Certificationsb. Experiencec. Mentorship What is most important in hiring an AV programmer or any technical person?a.Technical capabilityb. Communication skillsc. Cultural fit This podcast is supported by Control Concepts, the industry leader in AV software development and API integration. Control Concepts develops the building blocks programmers use to seamlessly integrate products or add functionality to their systems. To learn more, visit controlconcepts.net and ccisupported.net.To join the conversation or have your question answered on a future episode, join the Ask The Programmer group on LinkedIn and post a message, leave a comment, or reach out to us @AV_JamesKing or @stevegreenblatt on LinkedIn, X/Twitter, or Bluesky, and be sure to include #AskTheProgrammer.The Ask The Programmer podcast can be found at @AVProgrammerPod on X/Twitter or on Bluesky as @asktheprogrammer.