Siloed Portfolio. Pretty much the way my career has worked out. Seems like everything I do is either military, law enforcement or intelligence related. Good niche though, I don't see my opportunities around here diminishing anytime soon.
I thought of "code monkey" a bit different I guess. Meaning someone that codes from their head, is always studying, improving their skill set. I see what you are saying now. -- Timothy Heald Analyst, Architect, Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: 202-228-8372 C: 703-300-3911 -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 8:42 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: America's Universities No Longer The Best, And ... > 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:5:205397 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
