On Mastering Codecraft

In the Guild's training and mentoring, we look at individual skills that make professionals successful, and we use the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to help guide and support that skill development. I was pondering this week skill profiles for leadership roles and fell specifically on using metrics as a leadership skill. I think it probably looks like this. Dreyfus Stages Beginning - Blank Slate Why do you people need all these metrics to stay on track? Just fix broken s

We looked at what a programmer does based on the names we use. What happens if we turn the question around and ask a more direct question? As a programmer, most of us will get up every day and go into a job and get paid generally well for our time spent because we are expected to provide some value to a company. When we leave at the end of the day, what is it that we were there for in the first place? What is the value we contribute? Is a programmer anyone who can rub two li