> I'd take someone who does that and codes a hell of a lot, like Linus or Lattner anyday of the week.
Funnily enough, I had Linus in mind as a sort of no-coding Principal Engineer/Architect/Maintainer. He famously said he doesn't code anymore[1].
So I guess he's dead weight by your logic, rigth?
>Funnily enough, I had Linus in mind as a sort of no-coding Principal Engineer/Architect/Maintainer. He famously said he doesn't code anymore [1].
That's after he coded his ass out for 20 years. And he's doing reviewing and merging, which is not some lofty "software architect" function, but deals directly with written code.
I've met more Software Architects that coded their asses off for 10+ years than pure-type astronauts. Does that make them real software architects?
Those are usually software astronauts and dead weight. But of course they think highly of themselves.
I'd take someone who does that and codes a hell of a lot, like Linus or Lattner anyday of the week.