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Yes, reading HN it often seems like programming skill is the only game in town. It is obviously important, but it's nice to see something on the importance of d
by henrik_w 14y ago
Yes, reading HN it often seems like programming skill is the only game in town. It is obviously important, but it's nice to see something on the importance of domain knowledge as well.
So coding skill is one dimension along which you have to be good. Domain knowledge is another dimension.
A third dimension is knowing the code base you're working in (which takes time, since most production systems tend to be big). To be a really effective developer, you need to be good along all these dimensions.
- yareally 14y ago> Yes, reading HN it often seems like programming skill is the only game in town I always felt most of us on HN were well rounded individuals--interested in most areas of knowledge. Looking at the random articles that get upvoted along with ones on programming, it seems to coincide with that premise. Sure, we talk quite a bit about programming, but it's a just a tool for automating the repetitive work we do and to make ours and other's lifes easier. It's a means to an end and also something that happens to interest us at the same time.