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At the start of my career I was being paid for the code I wrote. By the end of my career I was being paid for the code I didn't have to write. One of the nice
by ChiperSoft 2mo ago
At the start of my career I was being paid for the code I wrote.
By the end of my career I was being paid for the code I didn't have to write.
One of the nicest complements I ever got from a coworker was that he was astonished how much I accomplished with so little code. Everything I built was designed to be easily and quickly extensible with minimal changes, I planned my structure for future needs.
That is why high paid programmers have been in demand, because learning that takes more than intelligence, it takes wisdom.
- tripleee 2mo agoRight. The big misconception is that really good programmers just write code at 10x the speed of bad ones. Nope, the complete opposite in fact.