If time spent "coding" is just creating piles of code you are doing it wrong. Coding can involve removing and restructuring efforts as well. But more importan

If time spent "coding" is just creating piles of code you are doing it wrong. Coding can involve removing and restructuring efforts as well. But more importantly, having skilled programmers working in the code base is one of the greatest ways to drive architecture and establish patterns for the entire team. This is very important. I do agree that documentation is important, but just felt you really downplayed how large a role an architect/tech lead that actually writes a lot of code can play.