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Maybe it differs by location, but it is not true that everyone codes. Within engineering, about 1/3 of tech leads do not code beyond mocks, and no one in engin
by brg 16y ago
Maybe it differs by location, but it is not true that everyone codes.
Within engineering, about 1/3 of tech leads do not code beyond mocks, and no one in engineering management codes. Staff and above also have diminishing coding activity; which is necessitated by the requirements of group leadership and planning.
You can speak to SRE coding activity. But to continue, many in test only manage contractors and their coding is no more than small python scripts for tool automation.
And most importantly, Program Management is the single quickest growing group in terms of influence and employee percentage. I do no believe most even remember how to code.
- btilly 16y agoI know that in my corner, everyone codes unless their job is clearly a non-coding position. For instance managers don't code, but you're not going to get an engineering interview as a manager. You likely know the broader organization better than I do, so I'll take your word that there are non-coding people out there. But that said, I'd be very, very surprised if anyone got through the engineering interview process without being asked to write code. Multiple times. So even if you did wind up not writing much code, you're not getting the job unless you're both willing and able.