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Theres no content here. I think (or I hope) its abundantly clear that when you're writing code for a paycheck, you're solving business problems using code as a tool. Its one of the requirements to progress to a senior engineer.

The question is whether focus time is the best way of doing this and I think yes it is. There are more engineers out there who care about outreach and feedback than the thought leader machine cares to admit. I think the one principle is minimise time to contact with users. As soon as its ready, release. Code that doesnt see the light rots.