Software Devs/Computer Engineers: How to get the fuck out of the loop on trends?

[recursivelyenumerable]

I feel so broken, I wanna go home  :'(

[Tasty]

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Become a PM

Haven't written a line of code in two years, nor have I cared about this week's emerging web technology.

[Momo]

system.exit();

[Van Cruncheon]

you're talking to the wrong person. all i learn is new shit and master nothing these days.

well, okay, i have deferred rendering with our commandlist model down cold, but that's kinda old news by theverge standards :-(

[Momo]

But seriously, yeah become an architect/PO/PM/Scrum Master

[Momo]

*whelp* first time i have had to edit posts for reasons.

[recursivelyenumerable]

Learning new tech and concepts is cool (at least if it's not something where there's nothing actually new or different from stuff I already know but all the terminology is different), it's the hype/politics/strategery/soap opera around it that 

[Momo]

Yeah the shit I see hyped today I clearly remember from 200x just recycled and renamed

[TakingBackSunday]

Become a PM

Haven't written a line of code in two years, nor have I cared about this week's emerging web technology.

Yeah this.    PM work rules

[Madrun Badrun]

You write everything is c/c++ and when someone says `business solution' you whip out your weenier and pee in their face.   

This will keep you out of all kinds loops.  Not the prison loop though. 

[G The Resurrected]

Depending on your skill set PM and scrum is where you should aim to get too. That's what I'm trying to do right now. It's hard due to my limited education, but if you have the skills and can back them up it's worth the struggle.

[recursivelyenumerable]

I have a lot of respect for good PMs - especially because they have to put up with all kinds of BS from developers, designers and biz management - but no way do I wanna be one 

[TakingBackSunday]

Shit's hard, for sure.  I love interacting with our developers and designers, but clients?  Fuuuuuuuuck.