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waiting for the next article, "I was CTO for 17 years, but couldn't code"
by high_byte 5y ago
waiting for the next article, "I was CTO for 17 years, but couldn't code"
- siva7 5y agothe role of a CTO isn't either about coding ;)
- high_byte 5y agoand a teacher's isn't about reading :D
- arp242 5y agoI know you're joking, but I have actually had coworkers who literally could not program at all. And I'm not talking about high-pressure situations like interviews, non-realistic examples like algorithms, or a one-off fluke: they consistently couldn't program even the most basic of stuff. How these people managed to stay employed as programmers is doing non-programming tasks and such, and copy/paste from Stack Overflow.
- high_byte 5y agohaha that was expected. I'm waiting to hear about imposter managers. and no, not imposter-syndrome managers, and not managers who are not expected to know how to code. I mean actual imposters who are expected to code, can't, and still nailed high profile positions.
- rytsEa 5y agoI don't know about CTO positions but I do know people working as Soft. Engineer barely able to code. Funny enough -as in the article- they are usually attracted to teaching (medium posts, best practice talks, youtube videos...) and mentoring/managing positions. Maybe as a way to escape from coding. Or maybe they want to safe others of struggling with the same problem they have. I don't know.
- high_byte 5y agoAs the saying goes, "Those who can't do - teach". I get it, it's a position you can't fail. You're the boss, you always learn (a day prior) and you always "know best".