It continuously surprises me how little programming knowledge is actually useful in this field where we call ourselves programmers. Even if you arent building

It continuously surprises me how little programming knowledge is actually useful in this field where we call ourselves programmers. Even if you arent building your own startup, knowing how to tradeoff big win features over engineering resources, understanding the risks of X new tool over delivering a product, being able to communicate effectively and work within a team are very typically far more important than raw programming talent, brilliant engineers will always be needed especially on big projects, but you can get a long way with a little programming talent and a lot of a common sense approach to delivering a product.