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My largest frustration with technology and specifically software developers is that they don't exist to code but most in the field seem to forget that simple fa
by phil21 10y ago
My largest frustration with technology and specifically software developers is that they don't exist to code but most in the field seem to forget that simple fact.
They exist to solve real world problems for people, using software as a tool. I don't know how anyone can possibly do that even if they don't actively engage their user base and proactively solve workflow issues the end-users may not even know are technically possible.
Very frustrating to watch entire teams spend years on internal corporate business logic apps and never even once spend time with the teams consuming them. The results are always entirely predictable.
- pyb 10y agoThe problem is that in many companies, sadly, the management do everything they can to isolate developers from their users.
- cableshaft 10y agoYep. I get told what to do by BA's at this company (I've had more direct interaction at some previous companies). I'm not allowed to talk with the users of the apps we make. I just get told what needs to get changed here by others. Presumably they're the ones going through that process.
- ersii 10y agoTo balanced it a bit, a lot of developers isolate themselves willingly against anything that is not obvious to involve coding immediately and throwing up their hands in despair - even if the work does involve coding a bit later on.
- eropple 10y ago> They exist to solve real world problems for people, using software as a tool. It's really, really frustrating when developers don't realize that. The most valuable thing I ever did at any company, saving just under a million dollars a year, was literally just me talking to three people, realizing that none of them were on the same page, and just talking to them to solve the problem. More valuable than any code I've ever written. We're problem solvers, not just programmers.