I plan to continue mentoring while remaining focused on the priorities of the business. You can do both, especially if you love people.
I don’t think it would be a stretch to say that most developers only want to write code. A large percentage of the remainder—those that want to take on leadership roles—have had the employee mindset beat into them most of their lives and might not be able to fall in love with the business side of things.
Then again, once you have a business mindset, it becomes more and more difficult not to start your own!
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I plan to continue mentoring while remaining focused on the priorities of the business. You can do both, especially if you love people.
I don’t think it would be a stretch to say that most developers only want to write code. A large percentage of the remainder—those that want to take on leadership roles—have had the employee mindset beat into them most of their lives and might not be able to fall in love with the business side of things.
Then again, once you have a business mindset, it becomes more and more difficult not to start your own!