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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by simonswords82 on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:21PM (#34456391)
As somebody who started my software company in 2007 and stopped coding full time around 2012/2013 I'd say if you did it long enough you never lose the abstract concepts.

I understand everything my head of engineering tells me and don't need it ELI5'd. However being told it, and being asked to do it are two different things. I would be a very useful or productive coder if I went back in to the trenches.

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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by myko on Friday January 20, 2023 @05:50PM (#34461212)
> I would be a very useful or productive coder if I went back in to the trenches.

Would or would not?

After being in management for years I sometimes feel like I would not be, at least not without 6-12 months of doing it every day.

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