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What do you see/what do you think he does differently compared to the rest of the team?
Really, I don't know. He's tried to mentor others but whatever he tells them doesn't "stick". He might be more intelligent than others, and he is intelligent. He could just make better, faster connections constantly. Maybe he just listens to the inner voice and types whatever comes out. When you ask him, he just shrugs and says he does his job.
If you start solving highly abstract problems (including chess) before you're eight years old, that helps. Deciding you're going to become a concert pianist at eighteen doesn't work if you haven't picked up an instrument before then. You can become a pianist, but not a concert pianist.