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No, that was about someone else who posted that they would not expect even half of software developers, to be actually writing code. I found that statement biz
by khazhoux 4y ago
No, that was about someone else who posted that they would not expect even half of software developers, to be actually writing code. I found that statement bizarre.
Like, yeah of course the top engineers find themselves less and less hands-on-keyboard as they turn more to technical leadership roles. But some people seem to be arguing that code isn’t the bread and butter work for majority of developers. Who’s doing the actual work then, is my question for them.
- michaelmrose 4y ago>someone else who posted that they would not expect even half of software developers, to be actually writing code. I don't think anyone actually said that.
- khazhoux 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33660042 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33660042 I wrote: > In an org with thousands of software engineers, shouldn’t most of them be writing code? And this person's reply was: > no, I don't think most of them should be writing code
- michaelmrose 4y agoRead more than one word answer you expected to find. > I wouldn't put any kind of quantifier on it. I'm willing to bet most, if not all Twitter developers were above average across the industry and were producing work of value.
- khazhoux 4y agoHe literally says he doesn't expect most software engineers to be coding. That's outlandish, and his follow-up that thousands of Twitter engineers somehow can still be "producing work or value" without coding is ridiculous.