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[-] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca -5 points 11 months ago

Focusing beyond the code - as a developer you will code 20% of your time.

Doesn't sound like a great software engineer to me

[-] sajran@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

I'm not sure about the exact percentage but I don't think it's necessarily that far off. I spend a lot of time reviewing code, designing, documenting, reading documentation. Actually writing code is a cherry on top.

[-] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah. As a manager of developers, I don't want my team to spend their time producing code.. I want them to spend their time solving problems.

[-] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

If anything 20% is on the high side, for experts working in difficult (profitable) domains.

When we pointy-haired-bosses are doing our job right, producing new code is a much lower priority in the software engineer's day, behind understanding and maintaining the important code that is critical to the objectives of the organization.

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