This opinion pops up in a lot of forms, and always focus on the idea that if you aren't always coding that you aren't good enough.
This is dangerously wrong.
At the end of the day, it's a job. You go to work, do great things, make good money, but treat it like a job. The idea that you can't be good at it unless you are always doing it is silly.
I've met plenty of developers who believe things like this CTO and burn out from feeling like they'll never be good enough when they already are.
Everyone needs to take care of themselves. If that means turning off a computer and gardening then that is exactly the right thing to do. It doesn't make you less of a developer or engineer, it makes you a human.
For reference: I've led lots of technical teams and programs, and set strategies and been the CTO of a startup. I consider it paramount in my job when I'm in a leadership position to take care of my people, not brainwash them into thinking they'll never be good enough.
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This opinion pops up in a lot of forms, and always focus on the idea that if you aren't always coding that you aren't good enough.
This is dangerously wrong.
At the end of the day, it's a job. You go to work, do great things, make good money, but treat it like a job. The idea that you can't be good at it unless you are always doing it is silly.
I've met plenty of developers who believe things like this CTO and burn out from feeling like they'll never be good enough when they already are.
Everyone needs to take care of themselves. If that means turning off a computer and gardening then that is exactly the right thing to do. It doesn't make you less of a developer or engineer, it makes you a human.
For reference: I've led lots of technical teams and programs, and set strategies and been the CTO of a startup. I consider it paramount in my job when I'm in a leadership position to take care of my people, not brainwash them into thinking they'll never be good enough.