Focusing beyond the code - as a developer you will code 20% of your time.
Doesn't sound like a great software engineer to me
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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I'm not sure about the exact percentage but I don't think it's necessarily that far off. I spend a lot of time reviewing code, designing, documenting, reading documentation. Actually writing code is a cherry on top.
Yeah. As a manager of developers, I don't want my team to spend their time producing code.. I want them to spend their time solving problems.
If anything 20% is on the high side, for experts working in difficult (profitable) domains.
When we pointy-haired-bosses are doing our job right, producing new code is a much lower priority in the software engineer's day, behind understanding and maintaining the important code that is critical to the objectives of the organization.