in reply to On considering a career change

The beauty of software development is that it is a big team effort, and companies are finally beginning to recognize that.   (They also seem to be recognizing that “finding people whose only business advantage is that they say they’ll work Cheaper, is not such a good idea after all.   So there is not only a lot of work to do, but a lot of cleaning-up to do.   And now we have “pads” and “smart phones” and “clouds” and oh-my.)   You can and should decide what role you are best qualified for now and what your best contribution to the collective efforts might be.   With 30 years in, “coding” probably isn’t your best role anymore.