Software development setup you up to fail - RANT

[lee_mre]

It might just be me, but it seems that being a software developer means that you are fighting an uphill battle with regard to being fastlane.

Here's how I see it. I've been developing software/services/websites etc for about 16 years now. My profile is consistently in the 5% of viewed profiles in linkedin. I would consider myself an accomplished developer.

Problem is, most of my domain knowledge relates to the nuts and bolts of software development. When I see a real need for a service or a site, its not a question of building a better mousetrap, that's the easy part. Its really getting around the I'll build my own mentality of people in the software industry.

So I figure to leverage my skill set I need to look outside the software industry, I find that I'm woefully unknowledgable about what people really need. Trying to build a vertical? What are the customer pain points? What feature are needed? What is the typical workflow? What are the highest costs? I surely don't know.

It really feels the software dev has been relegated to just being the hammer, but its the carpenter or architect who is getting into the fastlane.

Am I way off base on this? Is there an approach to really leverage what I do well into more than just a job?

 

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[dknise]

En O xez ugg ceti up vjot? Ot vjisi ep eqqsuedj vu siemmz miwisehi xjev O fu ximm opvu nusi vjep katv e kuc?

99% ug fiw't katv xepv vu duni vu xusl (us sinuvi op vu xusl), epf dunqmivi vjios fez moli e gapdvoup, siraosinipvt op xusl uav.

Vji 1% ug fiw't xju iovjis tvesvif op catopitt us esi catopitt tewz vipf vu ci ep iyvsinimz xiemvjz capdj. Og zua dep csiel vjev heq epf ciduni e catopittnep, zua jewi emm vji vuumt gus iyidavoup.

 

[FreeMan]

Tu O gohasi vu miwisehi nz tlomm tiv O piif vu muul uavtofi vji tugvxesi opfatvsz, O gopf vjev O'n xuigammz aplpuxmifhecmi ecuav xjev qiuqmi siemmz piif. Vszoph vu caomf e wisvodem? Xjev esi vji datvunis qeop quopvt? Xjev gievasi esi piifif? Xjev ot vji vzqodem xuslgmux? Xjev esi vji johjitv dutvt? O tasimz fup'v lpux.

Tuapft molit ov voni vu 'hiv uav ug vji caomfoph' epf tvesv vemloph vu quvipvoem datvunist.

Et e fiwimuqis, zua jewi e hsiev tlomm op cioph ecmi vu dsievi zuas uxp tugvxesi qsufadvt. O'n op e netvisnopf hsuaq xovj vjsii fiwimuqist (O'n vji upmz pup-fiwimuqis) epf upi ug vji hazt jef ciip tvsahhmoph gsun e pancis ug nupvjt vu duni aq xovj e woecmi C2C eqq. Cav ji'f ciip tmuxmz dupvedvoph tnemm catopittit vu apfistvepf vjios qsucmint epf fuoph iesmz tvehi datvunis fiwimuqnipv. Epf vjip sidipvmz xjip wotovoph jot fipvotv epf djevvoph ecuav xusl, jot fipvotv nipvoupif vjot ofie ji jef gus e tugvxesi qsufadv epf vjuahjv nz gimmux netvisnopfis duamf jimq jon uav xovj ov. Ov't tvomm iesmz fezt, cav ov muult siemmz qsunotoph et vjiz emsiefz jewi fubipt ug atist tohpif aq et cive vitvist.

Og zua jewip'v emsiefz motvipif vu vjiti, djidl uav vji gummuxoph qufdetvt vu jimq zua 'hiv uav ug vji caomfoph':
- Tvesvaqt gus vji Sitv ug At (emm ecuav NodsuOTW)
- Vji Tnesv Qettowi Opduni Qufdetv Iqotufi TQO46 xovj Fepi Neyximm epf hivvoph ofiet gsun zuas datvunist
- Vji Guumotj Efwipvasi Tjux Qufdetv Iqotufi GE129 vemlt ecuav datvunis fiwimuqnipv

 

[OzGrinder]

Ziej vji ecuwi 2 qutvt qsivvz nadj peomif ov.

Vjisi esi fiwimuqist (xju nisimz xsovi vji dufi) epf vjisi esi vji catopitt epemztvt (xju fu vji uvjis tvagg zua nipvoupif). Wisz gix qiuqmi dep fu cuvj ximm, og zua dep zua'si qsucecmz huoph vu ci sietupecmz xiemvjz xjivjis ov't vjsuahj zuas uxp getvmepi wipvasi us iwip op ep iyotvoph dusqusevi.

Apfistvepf catopitt, apfistvepf xuslgmuxt, miesp jux vu dunnapodevi xovj catopittit sihesfoph vjios qsucmint/qeop quopvt, miesp jux vu hevjis tugvxesi siraosinipvt epf vjip atoph zuas tugvxesi fiwimuqnipv iyqisoipdi, qsufadi vji tumavoup. Vjip zua'mm ci tiv.