New Delhi Times - Gaurav Bhatnagar reporting from New Delhi, India

You can "design" software, you can "architect" solutions and you can "optimize" systems to your heart's content. You can create specs. You can develop information architectures. You can blog about software. You can sell software. You can speak about it. There are a million and one things that go into software development.

But, at least once in a while, you just have to roll up your sleeves and dive into code. Because nothing beats cranking out code. Late in the night. That is the biggest high for any self respecting software developer. And that is what gets your respect from other developers. A project manager who doesn't understand code often has a hard time managing a strong development team. So, no matter if you are "designing" or "architecting" or "optimizing" solutions - don't fall for your own hype and every once so often, crank out some real code!