> CS theory and problem-solving skills are the important things, the difficult things, and if you know them, everything else is easy. Wow, this is really fasci

> CS theory and problem-solving skills are the important things, the difficult things, and if you know them, everything else is easy. Wow, this is really fascinating to me, because yes, I absolutely thought that - this blog post is the first time I've ever heard anybody suggest otherwise. A smart software manager would be working to pair up people like her who are good at and enjoy algorithmic puzzle solving but not as interested in the code with people like me who aren't so great at solving riddles but can apply stuff like a mofo. Instead they insist on trying to save money by finding a one-size-fits-all solution to every problem and end up losing more than they could ever save churning through people they see as pawns and expendable resources.