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The big lesson here is to sort this out before you start coding. I have an MBA and I write code. In my experience, coders overvalue their contributions and bus
by damoncali 12y ago
The big lesson here is to sort this out before you start coding.
I have an MBA and I write code. In my experience, coders overvalue their contributions and business guys overvalue theirs. But in the end, the business guys usually win. You have to think like a business guy.
When I do contract code, I'm under no illusion that I am a critical piece of the business. In fact, the only thing that has any sort of ability to lock me in is typically that switching costs are high- developers hard to find and it's expensive to get a new one up to speed.
That's just the way things are. If you're not an integral part of the business, you are replaceable.
- MCRed 12y agoEngineers can learn business. There's very little that is difficult in business. Have yet to meet a business guy who could learn software development.
- damoncali 12y agoThat's an unfortunate attitude that I would encourage you to drop. Any reasonably sharp, motivated person can learn anything. Am I a business guy who learned to code? An engineer who learned business? I have degrees in both and have taken jobs in both fields. Or am I just someone who took an interest in these things and learned as much as I could about both of them?
- huherto 12y agoAnyone could. But it takes a long time. Most people won't do it.