"Today we are standing on the shoulders of giants, and are able to access amazing development tools, frameworks, and libraries " Being able to make an impact m

"Today we are standing on the shoulders of giants, and are able to access amazing development tools, frameworks, and libraries " Being able to make an impact mostly depends on how many other people have the skills you have. So while I am still optimistic, I still like programming, etc... I think making an impact today as a programmer is not easy. Me, who has been programming for more than 20 years from now (I started at 12) I think my business and product design knowledge is what is to be developed further to be able to have a more balanced knowledge. It is not easy, I am better and better, but my ideas are still too technical. I have to concentrate not to be too technical. Of course for a business guy the other direction makes sense (to develop technical knowledge besides business knowledge to be more balanced.)