For myself, I love developing software. The design, problem-solving, coding, testing, but, most importantly, seeing folks use it, and knowing that my software is A Good Thing.
For most of my career, I was a manager in my "day job," which meant that my tech chops were barely exercised.
My company didn't have a "shower clause" in their employment contract, so I could work my own gig. I deliberately avoided making money, and I also deliberately avoided writing anything that could compete with my company, or make them look bad (Which I easily could have). It was a matter of Respect (for me).
So I did open-source stuff, for over twenty years. I developed a fairly robust system that has become the de facto world standard for a particular demographic, and a few apps and whatnot, around it.
I have also developed a whole slew of SPM modules, which are really high-Quality. I use most of them, myself (eat my own dog food), so their Quality needs to be "top shelf."
I wrote and released over 20 iOS (and Watch, Mac, and TV) apps, since 2012, but I'm down to just a couple, nowadays.
I'm writing a fairly ambitious native iOS app, right now. It's the frontend for a fairly intense set of servers. I've been working on it for a year (and an additional seven months, writing one of the servers, and the other server is the one I mentioned previously -I've worked on that for over ten years). I feel that it is just getting to the point where we can start refining the UX. I have been establishing the infrastructure, to this point.
That's where my heart lies. I'm actually a very good manager, but I don't love it, and don't miss it.
For myself, I love developing software. The design, problem-solving, coding, testing, but, most importantly, seeing folks use it, and knowing that my software is A Good Thing.
For most of my career, I was a manager in my "day job," which meant that my tech chops were barely exercised.
My company didn't have a "shower clause" in their employment contract, so I could work my own gig. I deliberately avoided making money, and I also deliberately avoided writing anything that could compete with my company, or make them look bad (Which I easily could have). It was a matter of Respect (for me).
So I did open-source stuff, for over twenty years. I developed a fairly robust system that has become the de facto world standard for a particular demographic, and a few apps and whatnot, around it.
I have also developed a whole slew of SPM modules, which are really high-Quality. I use most of them, myself (eat my own dog food), so their Quality needs to be "top shelf."
I wrote and released over 20 iOS (and Watch, Mac, and TV) apps, since 2012, but I'm down to just a couple, nowadays.
I'm writing a fairly ambitious native iOS app, right now. It's the frontend for a fairly intense set of servers. I've been working on it for a year (and an additional seven months, writing one of the servers, and the other server is the one I mentioned previously -I've worked on that for over ten years). I feel that it is just getting to the point where we can start refining the UX. I have been establishing the infrastructure, to this point.
That's where my heart lies. I'm actually a very good manager, but I don't love it, and don't miss it.