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> their bullshit is a waste of life and won't lead them to a meaningful existence as a professional programmer That's where you're wrong. Being a professional
by anal_reactor 1y ago
> their bullshit is a waste of life and won't lead them to a meaningful existence as a professional programmer
That's where you're wrong. Being a professional programmer is 10% programming, 40% office politics, and 50% project management. If your student managed to get halfway through college without any actual programming skills, they're perfect candidate, because they clearly own the 90% of skills needed to be a professional programmer.
- bearjaws 1y ago> Being a professional programmer is 10% programming, 40% office politics, and 50% project management. I'd say that really depends on your job. At smaller companies, your job will likely be 60% programming at a minimum. Only at ~100 employees do companies fall into lots of meetings and politics.
- mrweasel 1y agoHence my personal policy of never working for a company with more than ~100-150 people.
- sshine 1y agoIn my experience, it's 70% programming, 20% office politics, and 10% project management. People who realize late they're no good at programming, or don't enjoy it, will pivot towards other kinds of work, like project management. But people who think they'll have luck managing people without having any grasp of the skill set of the people they manage, they either need really good people skills, or they're obnoxiously incompetent in both humans and computers.