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Some of the best people I worked with did something else professionally before becoming a software developer. For example army, accountants and electronic engin
by quickthrower2 4y ago
Some of the best people I worked with did something else professionally before becoming a software developer. For example army, accountants and electronic engineers. They are the good all rounders, good at going from ambiguity to decent code.
- vsareto 4y ago>They are the good all rounders, good at going from ambiguity to decent code. That's useful for day-to-day issues, but if you're getting a lot of ambiguity that these folks have to address, someone higher up needs to write more.
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- quickthrower2 4y agoI have only worked in small companies. Developer means developer and all other gaps.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agomost business problems require good understanding of the goal and only mid-level technical expertise. Ive seem more projects fail because requirements weren't understood, often by the customer themselves, than because of tech just like most cars are not F1 racecars and revolutionary engineering - other concerns like costs and aesthetics dominate
- jrochkind1 4y agoWhich is why domain knowledge is so important for software engineers. In most projects. Not always the way the industry works to stay in a given business domain though.