Architects ?
From Deep Shah, in Be a Programmer not an Architect!:
A lot of architects that I have met, have stopped doing active programming. Most of their time is spend in attending meetings, calls and drawing some pretty diagrams.
You might think whats wrong with that?
Well, I think (and these are strictly my views), If someone is not in touch with programming then how can he/she suggest a sane solution to any technical problem?
If someone has left programming years ago then
- How can he/she solve any technical problem?
- How can he/she visualize that there is going to be a technical problem implementing a solution that he/she is suggesting?
I think answer to all of the above questions is, they can’t!
And I am making these claims out of personal experience.
Don’t miss its companion The Ivory Tower Architect. Deep Shah’s blog is very interesting because it is not tied to any particular technology/language. You will find articles on Ruby, C#, Android and so on…
Also, very good serie on Git and Git on SVN, in a real production environment:
- GIT - Version control done the right way - Part - 1
- GIT - Version control done the right way - Part - 2
- How to use GIT with SVN repositories
- How to use GIT with non standard SVN repository layouts
- How to work on multiple streams of work with GIT over SVN
Added to my Google Reader’s.