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		JohnL4 on Oct 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things I’ve learned in my 20 years as a software e... A corollary-ish observation of my own: `* If coders could write useful documentation (starting w/inline comments) they probably wouldn't be coders.`

michaelmdresser on Oct 8, 2021 | [–]

What would they be instead?

JohnL4 on Oct 9, 2021 | | [–]

Communicators. (Writers, marketers, teachers, ...)

cutemonster on Oct 9, 2021 | | | [–]

Then they'd make less money.

Why would they choose less money

(Unless of course if they like those other jobs better)

jnaddef on Oct 8, 2021 | [–]

They would be what then?

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