Take the 2-minute tour ×  Recently, I have been tasked with more
high-level planning assignments due to the lead developer of my
team leaving. I hate long-term planning. My brain just doesn't
naturally seem wired for it, and I am not interested enough in
it to spend the time to learn it (it is hard enough to keep up
with the programming side of the picture).  Can one still be a
good programmer without being a high-level planner, too?  As a
senior programmer, is one expected to be good at planning out
the entire product and picking a date of completion?
share|improve this question Ranty or not, is your actual
question Can I still be a good programmer without being a high
level planer too? or one of the others? –  Oded Sep 28 '12 at
13:44 Edited for clarity ... my question is Can I still be a
good programmer without being a high level planer too? –  MattW
Sep 28 '12 at 13:47 I think it'd still be a better question if
you took out all of the autobiographical stuff and just asked
your question. –  Winston Ewert