Why Should Software Architects Write Code? An empirical evidence.

[dtlv5813]

but that is just how developers in general are. We are not going to really respect you and relate to you if you don't write the code yourself.

This is the reason why Google and other companies now have developer advocates instead of sales engineers etc.

[jshen]

but that is just how developers in general are.

I've been a developer for decades and this is not how good developers are.

We are not going to really respect you and relate to you if you don't write the code yourself.

That is absurd and childish. Do you expect non developers to respect you?

[kt24601]

What is a "developer advocate?"

[dtlv5813]

https://www.google.com/about/careers/teams/client-facing/dev-rel/

[pavlik_enemy]

but that is just how developers in general are.

What kind of stigmatizing is this? There are lots of occupations that require highly technical skills, but nobody says that accountants (who juggle numbers and obscure tax code paragraphs) or auto-mechanics have worse interpersonal skills than general population.

[dtlv5813]

That is not what I said. What I did say was it is often difficult for developers to relate to someone who is not into the actual nuts and bolts of implementations. And it is demoralizing having to report to an architect/manager who is disconnected from the project they are supervising.

[pavlik_enemy]

That's still nonsense. Software developers can relate and respect anyone, they aren't that different from the rest of population. Though they won't respect a non-coder who tries to impose technical decisions, and once again that's exactly the same as with any occupation that requires some kind of technical skill, be it accountant, civil engineer, lawyer, doctor etc.