Great read. Somewhat in similar position in that I have taken a few programming classes, done small projects but never contributed anything substantial that would qualify me as an actual programmer.
I think what's key is learning to think from the computational lens. Understanding conceptually how things work under the hood (e.g. how there's a client server relationship in web apps and how certain content renders at different points of the rendering journey) provides a good translation layer between myself and my engineering team.
Great read. Somewhat in similar position in that I have taken a few programming classes, done small projects but never contributed anything substantial that would qualify me as an actual programmer.
I think what's key is learning to think from the computational lens. Understanding conceptually how things work under the hood (e.g. how there's a client server relationship in web apps and how certain content renders at different points of the rendering journey) provides a good translation layer between myself and my engineering team.
Agreed! I can confidently say, learning how to code was a really helpful exercise for me.