Thanks for the feedback but the issue for me is not a desire to never touch code in my life again. I am very passionate about technology and coding too at times. Once in a while, I will get some crazy idea into my head and will sit in front of the computer coding at it non stop for nearly days on end. But all these times, my passion was towards the final product on what I wanted to make and not in the actual coding itself. For me "code" is just a tool for me to achieve what I want.
Also, the whole thing about not thinking of it as "working 9 to 5", I totally agree with you and I will point out that I am one of those people. The only difference is that I don't do that for my code but for my pet projects. I sleep with a moleskin book next to my bed for those times when I wake up in the middle of the night and need to jot down an idea.
edw519's post is based on the assumption that you are going to take on a programming job. If that is the case, you will probably burn out on programming and not really have the passion to be a great programmer.
However, there are tons of business people who have never done any programming and are still great business people. Imagine how great a business person you will be if you do know the technology.
A lot of business people go the business route and then are forced to do programming from time to time and they really write crap code and it breaks and it's horrible to maintain that stuff. Your code will be better than that.
I had this guy tell me one time, he was a business grad, he said, "Coding is easy, all people should take business courses and learn the programming on the job." But believe me, I had to fix that guy's code and integrate it into the big picture and it was total garbage. I suppose the Dunning-Kruger effect kept him from realizing how bad his code was.
Anyway, point being, I think if your passion is in the business side and you go through the ranks in school getting your CS degree, then you could be unstoppable in the tech world. If more CS grads had the business passion, they'd be better entrepreneurs.
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Thanks for the feedback but the issue for me is not a desire to never touch code in my life again. I am very passionate about technology and coding too at times. Once in a while, I will get some crazy idea into my head and will sit in front of the computer coding at it non stop for nearly days on end. But all these times, my passion was towards the final product on what I wanted to make and not in the actual coding itself. For me "code" is just a tool for me to achieve what I want.
Also, the whole thing about not thinking of it as "working 9 to 5", I totally agree with you and I will point out that I am one of those people. The only difference is that I don't do that for my code but for my pet projects. I sleep with a moleskin book next to my bed for those times when I wake up in the middle of the night and need to jot down an idea.
edw519's post is based on the assumption that you are going to take on a programming job. If that is the case, you will probably burn out on programming and not really have the passion to be a great programmer.
However, there are tons of business people who have never done any programming and are still great business people. Imagine how great a business person you will be if you do know the technology.
A lot of business people go the business route and then are forced to do programming from time to time and they really write crap code and it breaks and it's horrible to maintain that stuff. Your code will be better than that.
I had this guy tell me one time, he was a business grad, he said, "Coding is easy, all people should take business courses and learn the programming on the job." But believe me, I had to fix that guy's code and integrate it into the big picture and it was total garbage. I suppose the Dunning-Kruger effect kept him from realizing how bad his code was.
Anyway, point being, I think if your passion is in the business side and you go through the ranks in school getting your CS degree, then you could be unstoppable in the tech world. If more CS grads had the business passion, they'd be better entrepreneurs.
Sure, nothing inherently wrong with that. "I don't like writing, I like having written." -Ernest Hemingway