Discourse about "business guys" doesn't do devs any favors; it obscures what the actual skill gaps are and makes one a traitor for learning.
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You can have "produces working code" be one's professional skill and you'll be caused a business guy if you make money doing it.
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Can we pause to acknowledge how absolutely effed up that is? That's like crabs-pull-down-crabs-leaving-bucket on steroids.
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Meanwhile: "business" covers at least as much ground as "engineering" and the internal divisions are as big as ours are.
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You don't typically get $$$ for great understanding of e.g. bookkeeping or running a payroll process, both under devs' "business" banner.
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Two fairly deep fields that are worth lots o money are salesmanship and negotiation. Devs should consider these two core engineering skills.
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If you're in a discussion with your boss about project scope and he wants more features but you want refactor time, that's a negotiation.
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It doesn't stop being a negotiation just because there aren't explicit dollar amounts being attached to line items.
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Given that you're pot committed to learning enough about negotiation to ship software maybe spend the extra hour and add 25% to next salary.
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@patio11 I can help with that
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