Things I Wish I’d Been Told - Part 2

Remember this post : Things I Wish I’d Been Told ?

No ? .. it had something to do with :

".. So once you move to management, in about 7 to 15 years, you’ll have no useful technical skills."

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I've changed my mind a bit, after reading this reddit discussion.

And why ? .. as time passes, I'm starting to see the truth in (shameless copy&paste from reddit discussion) :

You start programming simple programs, then you start programming more complex programs. Now, you're valuable as a programmer not because of your technical skills, but your ability to conceptualize a complex program (and then make it happen technically)...

Imagine you had 3 employees, all 3 of them were coders, but one of them clearly has been coding long enough to see the pitfalls in the future, conceptualize the overarching system, and build it intelligently. You want him to focus on his unique skill, so he becomes the designer and the two technical dudes are his grunts.

Fast forward...

Same thing happens again, you have a lot of technical coders and designers, but one has been working long enough to know how to deal with clients, understand time frames intimately, and also work with / advise technical coders AND designers.
Sorry to say, you're the perfect piece of glue to hold the shit together!

For now, keep on reading, i recommend this and this.

Comments/links on the subject are welcome.