alt Hacker NewsI never said great engineers didn’t write code. But writing the code was never the point.
The point has always been delivering the product to the customer, in any industry. Code is rarely the deliverable.
That’s my point.
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wiseowise • yesterday at 9:38 AM
> But writing the code was never the point.
Is that why most prestigious jobs grilled you like a devil on algos/system design?
> The point has always been delivering the product to the customer, in any industry. Code is rarely the deliverable.
That’s just nonsense. It’s like saying “delivering product was always the most important thing, not drinking water”.
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And a horse breeder was important to transportation until the 1920s, but it doesn't mean their job was transportation.
They didn't magically become great truck drivers.
Programmers do not deliver products, they deliver code to make products.
If the code is no longer needed, nor is the job. A different job will replace it with different skills required.