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by prepend 1630 days ago
I get the feeling that people here do know deep technically and code, but talk about things that don’t frequently use this knowledge.

I think this because every time there’s a coding topic, we’ll get really specific, targeted coding comments that are relevant and make sense.

I meet a lot of ex-programmers now in “higher” positions that don’t allow programming. And many times they’ve expressed that they wish they were programming and look for excuses to allow programming. It’s kind of unique in what’s been shared to me. But I wonder if it’s the same for ex-accountants and others who love a profession but grew out of it for the money.