[spyglass]

People equally skilled in programming and business are rare. Hell, even moderately tech-literate businesspeople are rare. So you are being recruited to positions where your combination of skills is going to profit the company the most.

What do you do? If quality of life is more important to you than money, you say no to the recruiting. Otherwise, you say yes. We can't make this decision for you. Everyone's value ordering is different.

[pekk]

Alternatively, your employer realizes they can get two employees' worth of work out of you, so they do.

[spyglass]

I believe there's additional value being generated by having both skills at the same time, beyond the total productivity of two regular employees in their respective fields.