At the start of my career I was being paid for the code I wrote.
By the end of my career I was being paid for the code I didn't have to write.
One of the nicest complements I ever got from a coworker was that he was astonished how much I accomplished with so little code. Everything I built was designed to be easily and quickly extensible with minimal changes, I planned my structure for future needs.
That is why high paid programmers have been in demand, because learning that takes more than intelligence, it takes wisdom.
By the end of my career I was being paid for the code I didn't have to write.
One of the nicest complements I ever got from a coworker was that he was astonished how much I accomplished with so little code. Everything I built was designed to be easily and quickly extensible with minimal changes, I planned my structure for future needs.
That is why high paid programmers have been in demand, because learning that takes more than intelligence, it takes wisdom.