[dijksterhuis]

i spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about this comment yesterday. i’ll cut to the crux of it in a second, but wanted to preface what i’m going to say by clearly stating that i don’t intend for this to be snarky or putting anyone down. that’s not my intent. ready? here we go…

is it possible that you might be in a job that’s not right for you?

it sounds like you want to cut out 80% of your job. if you want to cut out 80% of your job, maybe you’re doing the wrong job? y’know?

like, i read this comment and my mind goes to project/product manager who has real experience of coding. going from a spec (tickets / design docs / customer feedback notes / epics / stories / whatever) to a working implementation (team of engineers build it and you don’t have to use brain power). it sounds like you’re describing turning your job into the job of a PM.

we need more PMs like that in the industry. good PMs are few and far between, good PMs who know what’s it’s like to code — even fewer. so maybe have a think about why you’re working this way? i don’t really care if you do or don’t, but future you might be glad if you took some to think about it.