Name one quality you think is essential in a team mate.

Reliability

unbridled wealth

innovative

Attitude, 100%. I have much more time for someone who junior but is open, honset, willing to learn and hardworking than someone who is a great coder but has terrible attitude.

A desire to learn new things

Dependability, or reliability, however you call it

Integrity. Based on this quote of Warren Buffet: "Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don't have the first, the other two will kill you."