> Writing code is not hard. Writing correct code is. Knowing what is correct in a setting with paying customers generally involves interacting with those customers.
Invoice: $1000
One bolt tightened: $1
Knowing which bolt to tighten: $999
> The gigantic salaries paid to the most prolific employees is not due to their ability to write code. It is due to their ability to interrogate the shit out of the customer until they finally reveal the true requirements.
Bit of both probably. I've seen really awful code in my time, so would say "actually coding well" is indeed one of the hard parts.
But knowing what the real problem to be solved is, is indeed important. (Isn't that what sales is? Working with the customer to tease out the real thing they need solving?)
Bit of both probably. I've seen really awful code in my time, so would say "actually coding well" is indeed one of the hard parts.
But knowing what the real problem to be solved is, is indeed important. (Isn't that what sales is? Working with the customer to tease out the real thing they need solving?)