heh. unfortunately, i do all of the below... tw
On 4/24/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > tBone Wrote: > > How's that? > > > > Code monkeys are developers that can't think for themselves so they > add no value to a project. e.g., typical IT process flow: > > 1.) Biz req > 2.) BA work > 3.) SA work > 4.) High level design > 5.) technical design > 6.) coding <--- If you can only work here, you're a code monkey. > 7.) unit testing > 8.) sys testing > 9.) defect resolution > 10.) deployment > > My point was this: you can try to "20/80" SA work, testing, and maybe > even some BA work. And you can FOR SURE 20/80 coding and maybe *some* > technical design. But you can't outsource high level design and, > assuming the biz is on-shore, that's not outsourced either. > > Contractors, such as yourself and Tony, are typically hired to do #2 - > #10. People that can translate business requirements into deployed > code will continue to be highly valued. However, if I were giving > advice, I'd say that anyone who wants to continue to work in IT should > build "siloed portfolios"; meaning find a market niche like government > work or the insurance industry and specialize in it/them. > > It's the knowing/translating-the-business part that can't be > outsourced, so IT folks, especially developers, need to move west and > up the waterfall to add value. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205259 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
