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Weird to me how down these comments are on what I read as the main message of the paper, i.e. that engineers aren’t just code monkeys. Being a “great engineer”
by ketzo 6y ago
Weird to me how down these comments are on what I read as the main message of the paper, i.e. that engineers aren’t just code monkeys.
Being a “great engineer” is not strictly determined by technical ability; in fact, social ability plays a big role in a so-called “individual contributor role.”
- username90 6y agoWhat is even a code monkey? A coder takes a problem described in human language and solves it using computer code. In order to do this well you need to both be able to properly read and understand problems in human language and be able to write and structure code. There is no world where you can write code without thinking about the hard stuff, at least not if you write something more complex than a basic static frontend webpage.
- luisehk 6y agoI think the term has negative connotations because of people who build the wrong thing before asking critical questions or clarifying anything that would help shape the requirements. I understand some people enjoy being just implementers, though. I don't think that's enough but to each their own.