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> In fact I wager that coding is...20%, maybe 25%? of the work that goes into providing value Ehh... I've heard this sort of reasoning before and I get where
by bluefirebrand 1y ago
> In fact I wager that coding is...20%, maybe 25%? of the work that goes into providing value
Ehh... I've heard this sort of reasoning before and I get where it comes from, but I'm not sure I agree. It feels like "Idea Guy" propaganda to overvalue their contribution.
Figuring out what to build doesn't provide real value at all imo. It provides theoretical value. Coding is closer to 100% of the work that actually provides the value
Edit: This is why people who actually have skills to build things are made to sign NDAs and Non-competes when hired or before being pitched projects.
The ideas people want to keep the value of their idea and undervalue the skill of actually building things
- anonymars 1y agoI am in no way saying "the idea guy" is doing 80% of the work, that's probably less than 10% Put another way -- genuine question to which I have only a guess: who does more coding during an average day? A junior developer or a senior developer? Broadly I'd posit the junior developers do a lot more coding, and the more senior you get the more important "English" becomes over any programming language. Maybe I'm in an aberrant bubble. But I doubt it. > This is why people who actually have skills to build things are made to sign NDAs and Non-competes when hired or before being pitched projects. So what I'm getting at is, my version would be: "this is why senior developers code less than junior developers"