[Deejahll]

A "business guy" complains about developers allegedly making contemptuous generalizations about clueless business guys by making contemptuous generalizations about developers.

He assumes that the reason that we who know how to write software don't (generalism) do his job is because we're "blind to those opportunities."

He sees himself as the architect and software developers as the grunts who lay the bricks.

[jrs235]

His whole analogy of architects and builders falls apart once you realize as an architect of a business you have much less control and information as to what the market will actually do!

A building architect can design and make a blueprint based on knowing the qualities of various materials and a final outcome/design. That design isn't likely to change [much] after it is approved, unless the architect omitted something (or screwed up) or there are material issues.

Most ideas presented to 'coders' are half-baked. "I have this awesome idea! Let's build a building! With four bedrooms that will sleep a family!" "That's quite the well thought out blueprint there! Where do I start building?!"

[Felix21]

Most ideas presented to 'coders' are half-baked. "I have this awesome idea! Let's build a building! With four bedrooms that will sleep a family!" "That's quite the well thought out blueprint there! Where do I start building?!"

Does that make it justifiable to respond with insults?

[Felix21]

Software developers are not Grunts. They are hardworking creatives and certainly not grunts who lay bricks.

Also no where in the article did it say or imply that "those who know how to write software don't (generalism) do his job is because we're "blind to those opportunities.""

You obviously didn't read the article before writing this comment