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Developers are important, but who is the boss

If you graduated as a developer or you’ve spent some time taking a crash course in development, this can be one of the best investments in your career. As some say, coding is the language we need to teach kids in schools.  A developer is a cornerstone of any software delivery project. You’re the one who actually builds stuff and everyone in the chain (testers, project managers, delivery managers, program managers and even CEOs) are relying partially on you to send their reports and claim that they’ve delivered something. Does this mean I am more important than anyone in the company? Not really, sorry, for two reasons  It is not about what you build, it is about what is the value of what you build and what it means to the audience. For example, a simple form that you built on your website that captures some data can be a game changer to a company if the CEO sends an email and announces that this form is a way for employees to send questions directly to him or that this for
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Why a career in IT is quite unique

Why am I blogging? Few reasons; firstly, I think I have some ideas and opinions that I want to express. Secondly, as I moved forward in my career I found out things that I wish I had known earlier, so I am hoping someone will benefit from those ideas and thirdly, I love writing. In this series I will talk about IT careers and particularly about mid-career, which is in the IT world might mean having 4-10 years of experience. Why IT and why this is relevant? Many reasons The fact that I am an  IT professional myself and I can claim I have gained some experience in this domain over the years.  IT is quite unique in terms of professional experience. Every few months there is a new hot topic to learn and be an expert in and the very same topic might be the norm later (e.g. new JavaScript frameworks). This means you can be very senior in terms of knowledge after a few months of learning about a topic. This unique feature of innovation might take years in other industries (e.g.
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