I see software as a form of literacy, and it both amuses and saddens me to hear things like "I used to write code, but since I moved to management I have stopped"
We don't hear phrases like "I used to read and write English, but since I moved to management I have stopped"
It seems sad to note that this "move to management" is now also becoming the "move to senior engineering". This indicates to me some problem with job title inflation - like there are not enough manager slots so the management layer is moving down a rung to senior engineer.
Edit: of course Linus Torvalds wrote more emails than code. Which tends to indicate something.
I see software as a form of literacy, and it both amuses and saddens me to hear things like "I used to write code, but since I moved to management I have stopped"
We don't hear phrases like "I used to read and write English, but since I moved to management I have stopped"
It seems sad to note that this "move to management" is now also becoming the "move to senior engineering". This indicates to me some problem with job title inflation - like there are not enough manager slots so the management layer is moving down a rung to senior engineer.
Edit: of course Linus Torvalds wrote more emails than code. Which tends to indicate something.