Comments on: To Code or Not To Code http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2007/to-code-or-not-to-code Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Leon Mergen http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2007/to-code-or-not-to-code#comment-25036 Leon Mergen Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:00:46 +0000 http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2007/to-code-or-not-to-code#comment-25036 The Peter Principle: "In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence." The Peter Principle: “In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence.”

]]> By: Patrick Reagan http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2007/to-code-or-not-to-code#comment-24106 Patrick Reagan Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:35:29 +0000 http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2007/to-code-or-not-to-code#comment-24106 Great post, Basil. In my current role I find myself writing code less and less, though I do enjoy the new opportunities that I have to help define the technical direction of my company. When I do start to get the "itch" for some hands-on work, I'll take some personal time to work on side projects to keep my skills sharp. Recently, I've written and <a href="http://trac.extendviget.com/lab/" rel="nofollow">released</a> a couple Rails plugins (caches_constants / validates_url) to scratch that itch. The concept of the caches_constants plugin should be featured in the upcoming <a href="http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr_arr/index.html" rel="nofollow">Advanced Rails Recipes</a> book. Great post, Basil. In my current role I find myself writing code less and less, though I do enjoy the new opportunities that I have to help define the technical direction of my company.

When I do start to get the “itch” for some hands-on work, I’ll take some personal time to work on side projects to keep my skills sharp. Recently, I’ve written and released a couple Rails plugins (caches_constants / validates_url) to scratch that itch. The concept of the caches_constants plugin should be featured in the upcoming Advanced Rails Recipes book.

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