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>They are the good all rounders, good at going from ambiguity to decent code.

That's useful for day-to-day issues, but if you're getting a lot of ambiguity that these folks have to address, someone higher up needs to write more.




most business problems require good understanding of the goal and only mid-level technical expertise.

Ive seem more projects fail because requirements weren't understood, often by the customer themselves, than because of tech

just like most cars are not F1 racecars and revolutionary engineering - other concerns like costs and aesthetics dominate


Which is why domain knowledge is so important for software engineers. In most projects. Not always the way the industry works to stay in a given business domain though.


I have only worked in small companies. Developer means developer and all other gaps.




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