45. Still coding, probably until I die. Light years ahead of younger developers in the following:
* Writing less code
* Writing maintainable code
* Re-using existing code (requires reading existing code)
* Know how APIs should be written
* Knowing how to properly map associations
* Know when or when not to use another library
* Knowing when to tell a product manager to go back and do some more product managing
* Knowing when to say "No"
* Knowing how to determine what a stake holder actually needs vs. what they think they want
* Understanding that 8 hours today and 8 hours tomorrow is 10x better than 16 hours today.
* Saying "I don't know" when asked "How long will it take" or "When will it be done"
* Fighting against shitty processes
* Fighting FOR processes
* Forcing PMs to use software designed for the purpose of creating software instead of accepting requirements through email/slack/invision/zeplin/google docs/tool of someone else's choice
* Writing less code
* Writing maintainable code
* Re-using existing code (requires reading existing code)
* Know how APIs should be written
* Knowing how to properly map associations
* Know when or when not to use another library
* Knowing when to tell a product manager to go back and do some more product managing
* Knowing when to say "No"
* Knowing how to determine what a stake holder actually needs vs. what they think they want
* Understanding that 8 hours today and 8 hours tomorrow is 10x better than 16 hours today.
* Saying "I don't know" when asked "How long will it take" or "When will it be done"
* Fighting against shitty processes
* Fighting FOR processes
* Forcing PMs to use software designed for the purpose of creating software instead of accepting requirements through email/slack/invision/zeplin/google docs/tool of someone else's choice