I love this take, I really think that, for most of us, the way to improve our careers the most is to improve our "business" skills rather than our technical skills.
In a related vein, any chance you have read anything by Erik Dietrich? He has a lot of articles and a really good book about how software devs should be taking on more business responsibilities:
All things software & product, honestly - FrontEnd, BackEnd, DevOps, ML - as long as we're solving massive problems.
My code is used by millions of users globally - Potatoes make me happy
Definite strong points! I do believe some places won't appreciate business acumen as much as others, so it certainly isn't a vanilla ideology.
And no i actually didn't, so thank you so much for sharing that article, I just read it and it's pretty darn amazing. I couldn't agree more with that the author has to say!
For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
We're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.
I love this take, I really think that, for most of us, the way to improve our careers the most is to improve our "business" skills rather than our technical skills.
In a related vein, any chance you have read anything by Erik Dietrich? He has a lot of articles and a really good book about how software devs should be taking on more business responsibilities:
Developer Hegemony: The Crazy Idea that Software Developers Should Run Software Development
Definite strong points! I do believe some places won't appreciate business acumen as much as others, so it certainly isn't a vanilla ideology.
And no i actually didn't, so thank you so much for sharing that article, I just read it and it's pretty darn amazing. I couldn't agree more with that the author has to say!