I read a lot of career things. From this Slashdot post, is an article saying… “Coders your days are numbered“. One thing that always bothered me about software engineers were that many of them refered to others as coders. It took me reading the line “Too many software development teams are still staffed like secretarial pools…” to really resonate.
Software development doesn’t need more typists, secretaries, intermediaries, or middle managers. What it needs are more skilled, engaged, communicative, responsive, assertive developer-analysts — the kind who can understand, influence, and guide development efforts, rather than simply taking dictation.
Yes… I read so many career posts where people complain about their jobs being outsourced. Now some of those may have been done unfairly by mismanagement. However, I tend to believe that many of those people are feeling entitled even though, their job has been marginalized. Or you rank somewhere below 4 on this guy’s chart.