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> Once you reach a certain level of seniority/experience you are just way more valuable in the force-multiplying role of "leader" than anything you can do with your hands on the keyboard.

This doesn't make sense to me. How? If I'm really fucking good with software development, how does it make sense to have me do something other than software development? If we were talking about tech lead or architect type positions I'd be in agreement, but what force are you multiplying otherwise?

The leaders in my company don't do any force multiplication. They just handle the shit we don't want to deal with, like talking to clients and being middle men. I don't see how a good developer is any better at any of that than some random person you pull off the street and I'd go as far as saying the dev is wasted in such a role. Grab someone with a business degree or some other bullshit who wants to do this stuff. Even the people who used to be devs quickly lose touch with the dev role once they transition to management.



> The leaders in my company don't do any force multiplication. They just handle the shit we don't want to deal with, like talking to clients and being middle men.

Removing distractions and time-sucks from the engineers is a force multiplication though.


Not of the developer's force. He has a hugely valuable skill and it's just deteriorating while he isn't using it to create value.

Like I just said in the message you responded to, anyone can do that role. It doesn't have to be a dev.


>The leaders in my company don't do any force multiplication. They just handle the shit we don't want to deal with, like talking to clients and being middle men.

The goal of engineers at a company is not to write code but to generate some type of business value. Making engineers more efficient at generating business value by understanding client needs or coordinating across departments is force multiplication.




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