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Has anyone ever advanced a plausible argument for how you can be an effective architect without also coding? This seems like the same conclusion everyone comes
by wanorris 18y ago
Has anyone ever advanced a plausible argument for how you can be an effective architect without also coding? This seems like the same conclusion everyone comes to when giving it even a modicum of thought.
- michael_dorfman 18y agoWithout coding, or without ever having coded? I wouldn't hire an architect who had never coded; but, I don't have my architects writing production code.
- wanorris 18y agoDon't you worry about them getting rusty or having an insufficient understanding of the code base? As an architect, I relinquish the bulk of the coding to our other programmers, but if I didn't do some of it, I would lose touch with the realities of the code base.
- michael_dorfman 18y agoI want them reading the code base, and performing code reviews, but not necessarily writing production code. I'm afraid that if they had to write code for production, it would negatively affect their priorities.
- huherto 18y agoThe key is that once you stop coding you start getting rusty. An effective way is for the architect to code the proof of concept. Once most of the issues are understood he can start bringing more engineers to the team.