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Unfortunately, many/most of them do not realize that code can be
well-written, and still not serve a productive purpose because the
design of the application is lacking.
I've been in "just bang out some code" employment before, and it's
annoying as heck. The scope of knowledge of the application available
to each coder is nil, so it's easy to write in thousands of lines of
future disaster because conflicts exist.
I prefer the solid grounding in application design, with interface
considered as the user is the most important part of any app, and from
that a listing a technical needs which can then be spec'd and delegated
downward.
Too many appls are created with the "everyone rush the breach"
principle of programming, and it's no surprise they crash, eat data,
spin wildly out of control, watch reality TV, etc.
--- Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> As far as the coder/developer distinction goes, a big problem in
> the software industry is that the majority of developers (who the
> heck has a title of coder?) can not think unless their hands are on
> the keyboard. With their hands on the keyboard, these guys are not
> abstracting anything, they are banging out code.
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