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Your company is one consultant away from deciding that your role, as you dont write much code, could be better done by someone who is a full time manager who ha
by blitzar 3y ago
Your company is one consultant away from deciding that your role, as you dont write much code, could be better done by someone who is a full time manager who has an MBA fresh out of university and no coding skills.
- jvanderbot 3y agoI've actually seen these kinds of very-valuable positions replace by the mythical "TPM", who (unless they are very good) has zero hands-on knowledge and wants none. They are worse than unhelpful. A good prin engineer gives all the same schedule updates and cross-functional requirements-wrangling that a mediocre TPM would, but also produces useful code examples, coaching, and PR reviews.
- perlgeek 3y agoBy the same token, somebody actively writing code could be said to be one consultant away from being replaced be an offshoring firm. In the end, knowledge of the business details (including their technical implementation) are something that cannot be easily replaced.