I think all programmers should try to be a bit like business analysts where they can. Often the organization will prevent you having the require information to

I think all programmers should try to be a bit like business analysts where they can. Often the organization will prevent you having the require information to do this. They have already decided what you are going to build. But if you get a chance to talk to end users it can make you more empathetic. I think this was a tenet of "agile" that the suits haven't really pushed hard on (they like the sprints and pseudo-work-tracking aspects, such as how many points did we crush this err.... quarter).