From: "Volkmann, Mark" Date: 2004-06-09T23:53:02+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Unit tests ... not just for the young > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Copeland [mailto:tom@infoether.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:02 AM > To: ruby-talk ML > Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Unit tests ... not just for the young > > > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 09:56, Michael Campbell wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 22:48:30 +0900, Tom Copeland > wrote: > > > > > > I'd be afraid to hire a code-monkey who said yes. > > > > > > Hm. Do you feel that there's a different calling to > which a programmer > > > should aspire? I mean... "architect", or some such? > > > > Maybe not some specific calling, but one should have SOME aspiration > > to "move up/on" occasionally; I THINK that's what he was getting at. > > Yup, I agree that that's what he was getting at. But is > "architect" the > sort of thing that one would move up to? Or maybe "CIO" or some other > non-technical sort of thing? > > Or were you just thinking of "moving on" in the sense of moving to a > different type of programming - i.e., embedded vs web or some such? > > I guess I'm just interested in exploring what folks think a programmer > should aspire to move on to. When I started my software career, practically every year my manager/supervisor would ask me during my annual evaluation about my 5 year and/or 10 year goals. There was pressure to make up something good and I did. Later in my career I decided that it's okay to admit that I love writing software. It's okay to say you love what you're doing now and don't have plans to do something different in the future. Of course you'll want your software development skills to improve, but I don't think we all need to have a desire to manage other software developers or move into less technical roles. Maybe you're already have your dream job. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A.G. Edwards & Sons' outgoing and incoming e-mails are electronically archived and subject to review and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------