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Why spend years gaining programming skills to throw them away? Sure there will be some overlap with "learning to program with more than 2 hands" but at the end
by eecks 6y ago
Why spend years gaining programming skills to throw them away? Sure there will be some overlap with "learning to program with more than 2 hands" but at the end of the day a managers skills and responsibilities are different to that of an engineers.
- codingdave 6y ago> Why spend years gaining programming skills to throw them away? This question only makes sense if your #1 life-long goal is "be a coder". If you have other goals, such as lead products, lead companies, retire young, learn business, change the world, raise a family, travel the world, or whatever else you may want to do... there is nothing wrong with programming being a stepping stool to something else and letting those skills go.
- eecks 6y agoYour post only makes sense if we consider a person who wishes to switch careers. Also, how are the following relevant in terms of switching from coding to a different career path? "change the world, raise a family, travel the world".
- codingdave 6y agoIt isn't about careers, it is about goals - those are examples of goals where your career is nothing but a tool to get you the resources to move towards your actual goal. So if your goal is to travel the world, it matters not whether you are a coder or something else... as long as your are moving towards your goal. When there is a job that gets you there better than coding, take it.
- eecks 6y agoI see what you mean now. I don't think in that way at all. How do you set the bounds of meeting your goal?