I was nodding along to this. It mostly feels like truisms. The point about varying levels of skill vs taste is accurate in my experience. I think I fall into

I was nodding along to this. It mostly feels like truisms. The point about varying levels of skill vs taste is accurate in my experience. I think I fall into the more taste than skill camp, although neither are particularly large in an absolute sense. I switched to product management quite early in my career and pivoted to learning design and product “taste” more than software engineering.