Raghu's View on Software Development

I found this online in an article by Raghu Betina:

There’s something you should know: building an app isn’t as out of reach as it seems. There isn’t a separate species of “tech” people. With an idea, persistence, and a pragmatic introduction, you too can write software. And since software is eating the world, it’s a good idea for managers to experience developing it.

I switched my major to economics but still hadn’t quite graduated when I heard about one of the first “coding bootcamps” (before they were called that). It promised a practical introduction to programming. Within weeks, I was implementing ideas I’d had for years, and I became 10 times as effective at managing software projects. Once I saw how productive beginners could be with the right instruction, I dropped everything to teach, first at the school where I learned to code and eventually back at my alma mater, the University of Chicago.