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I have to disagree. For some reason our industry seems to attract a lot of people that are enamored with the tech for tech’s sake. I was one of those. It has

by DougN7 2y ago

I have to disagree. For some reason our industry seems to attract a lot of people that are enamored with the tech for tech’s sake. I was one of those. It has a huge epiphany to me at 26 to realize the tech didn’t matter - it was the people (users/customers) and what use they could get out of it. But that realization didn’t change my core - I still loved tech and did deep dives. But now my reason had changed a bit - and what I produced was more usable. I think it’s a very healthy thing to help jr engineers see this.

herval 2y ago
What I mean is that epiphany you went through is extremely common, and everyone goes through more or less at the same 5-10 years of experience. The difference is the people who didn’t spend that time focusing on technique before becoming seniors tend to be terrible engineers, invariably