Why “just” being a developer is not enough
Developers love writing code. Solving problems, finding solutions, doing peer reviews. But, what makes a developer, a senior resource on a technology delivery team, is not just those things. It is the ability to collaborate with other team members, asking the right questions about the problem being solved, understanding the business process, respecting legacy code and writing solid tests that mimic real business scenarios.
A technology delivery team needs its developers to widen it’s wings and take more ownership of the problem they have been tasked to solve. A developer that just writes code and throws things over a wall for other team members to handle, creates a hand-off culture with zero ownership.
As a breed of new developers, we need to demand more out of ourselves and our peers, if that means pushing boundaries and buttons that have not been pushed before, so be it. As the landscape of technology has changed, it’s time for us to take ownership and expand our horizons by taking more responsibility.
