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"Developer" rather than mere "coder" should mean you're aware of the full import of the system from requirement to end user deployment and production. Sometimes
by davidgerard 10y ago
"Developer" rather than mere "coder" should mean you're aware of the full import of the system from requirement to end user deployment and production. Sometimes it does.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoEnter the insane notion of separating developers from end users. You have sales and managers talking to customers, then writing you a half-assed specification that's broken and illogical because they're not trained in noticing general ideas behind specific points. sigh.
- davidgerard 10y agoTo be fair, extracting coherent requirements has pretty much always been the problem.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoTrue, but it's good to at least have someone deeply technical on the discussion too, just for the ability to come up with generalizations and - after presenting them to the customer - to confirm whether they're sound, or whether the customer has a completely different model in their head. It's easier to do that with the customer than with the spec - specifications can't talk back to you.