MajorEpicTaco

It's the result of being humorous and intelligent. I believe it's referred to as being "a smart ass".

Oh yea he is Canadian. So how are your lumberjacking skills?

It really is all about instinct, you either got it or you don't. Most novice coders need to realize that there are multiple ways of solving one problem (though many times there is a conventional way). It really just takes a deeper understanding of a) How the language you're using works on the lower-levels and b) How a computer works in general.