alt Hacker News> I'm in the "haven't written any code in a while" boat ATM
How long do you think it will be before you can't write any code because you're out of practice?
One of the dangers of engineering management is that it can turn you into a person that can no longer do the thing.
Does that even matter?
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borski • today at 8:03 AM
The ability to read code doesn’t decay at nearly the same rate. Neither does your experience.
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That's fair. In all honesty I'm already feeling challenged but given how much time I save I can set aside some time to keep myself sharp. I can learn more languages. Additionally, as pointed out by others, I'm trading coding effort for design and and strategy, which generally control business outcomes a lot more.
Having said that, I won't use AI for production system if I don't understand the programming constructs in enough detail.