Well, yes, I saw that part. The problem is, if we were to equate this to levels of marshal arts, the problem remains that Donald Knuth, Alan Kay, and many other true black-belts would get relegated to a lower level, below people they can code circles around. See my issue?
I started writing software in 1984. Over the years I worked with many languages, technologies, and tools. I have been in leadership positions since the early 2000s, and in executive roles since 2014.
You don't have to be a black belt in martial arts to kick a win a fight against a black belt. That is a fallacy. There are masters of martial arts in their 90's who don't have a chance against strong and much younger athletes. That's why the analogy works so well.
Lots of people become masters of their niche and don't need to progress past it to have an amazing career. Donald Knuth is a master computer scientist and programmer. I am not sure what is the point you are contending. You call that "true black belt," but what does that mean? In many schools of martial arts, if you don't study certain Katas and other things, it doesn't matter if you are a super strong fighter. To get a new belt you need to master certain skills.
Does he also possess the skills that I described for Software Engineers and Software Architects? If not, then in my book he is not a "black belt," even if he can run circles in programming and computer science theory around people who I define as architects.
Anyway, I think I described a model in the post and I also made it clear that I expect some people to disagree. I am happy to see that I was right on that one at least :)
Well, yes, I saw that part. The problem is, if we were to equate this to levels of marshal arts, the problem remains that Donald Knuth, Alan Kay, and many other true black-belts would get relegated to a lower level, below people they can code circles around. See my issue?
Martial arts (not marshal).
You don't have to be a black belt in martial arts to kick a win a fight against a black belt. That is a fallacy. There are masters of martial arts in their 90's who don't have a chance against strong and much younger athletes. That's why the analogy works so well.
Lots of people become masters of their niche and don't need to progress past it to have an amazing career. Donald Knuth is a master computer scientist and programmer. I am not sure what is the point you are contending. You call that "true black belt," but what does that mean? In many schools of martial arts, if you don't study certain Katas and other things, it doesn't matter if you are a super strong fighter. To get a new belt you need to master certain skills.
Does he also possess the skills that I described for Software Engineers and Software Architects? If not, then in my book he is not a "black belt," even if he can run circles in programming and computer science theory around people who I define as architects.
Anyway, I think I described a model in the post and I also made it clear that I expect some people to disagree. I am happy to see that I was right on that one at least :)
Well, I can appreciate your perspective, even if I don't agree with it.