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What sucks is that if you want to stay developer, people think you are not motivated. In other professions like doctors or lawyers, you can stay IC and no one s
by amerkhalid 6y ago
What sucks is that if you want to stay developer, people think you are not motivated. In other professions like doctors or lawyers, you can stay IC and no one says anything.
Even IC track is not exactly software development. As a tech lead, I do a lot less technical work, and spend a lot of time doing business processes. I wish we were a lot more like doctors, and focused on what we are good at doing instead of always going for next title on corporate ladder.
- darkerside 6y agoAs a doctor, your are part of a big team managing people's health. Whether you are primary care or a specialist, you know that others are just as important to patient outcomes as you are. If you take that same attitude as a software developer, you'll realize that "management" is everybody's job. Those developers who don't are like little small town family doctors with no network. You'll probably do a decent job at keeping a small number of people alive as long as nothing goes wrong.
- amerkhalid 6y agoAgreed, development is a team sports. There are a very developers who have built anything with impact by themselves.