In my first ever job in IT I worked as an COBOL Analyst/Programmer. In the development section there were precisely 4 roles defined in a simple top down hierarchy. The roles were: Development Manager, Project Manager, Project Leader and Analyst/Programmer. Funnily enough we got stuff done. Lots of stuff done.
If I wanted or needed advice I could seek out my Project Leader - who I knew had started off as an A/P and over the years had accrued a fair amount of technical experience.
Next time you're in an IT Development meeting ask yourself how many of these people around the table have ever cut a line of code in anger. In my experience I'd say you'd be lucky if it was more than one in four.
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