Here's a nice and candid interview clip of Steve Jobs talking about the "doers" being the major "thinkers", and here's Linus Torvalds being much more blunt about "the hype" versus "the real work". These are things I have known only too well intuitively - that thinking and doing, like inseparable twins, nourish each other - but it's always heartening to see it coming from stalwarts of such stature!
My observation is that the doers are the major thinkers. The people that really create the things that change the industry are both the thinker-doer in the same person. .. There's just a tremendous amount of craftsmanship in between a great idea and a great product. And as you evolve that great idea, it changes and grows. It never comes out like it starts, because you learn a lot more as you get into the subtleties of it. .. And it's that process that is the magic!— Steve Jobs
Fourteen years into this industry now, I still remain a firm believer in practicing my craft first-hand. Through all these years, I have had wonderful opportunities to think, do, learn, unlearn, diversify, grow and mature. I have been fortunate to work with a few really smart people who besides being great thinkers are great "doers" too. And all my choosiness about work/projects notwithstanding, I have enjoyed a tremendous amount of goodwill at work - right from my customers to my seniors, peers, and juniors alike. And I have known the joy and fulfillment of building and shipping consistently - an exercise that is so nurturing to your curiosity, creativity, and overall growth.
And through all this - absurd as it may sound to many - I have come to believe that a developer, designer, and architect can co-exist in one person; s/he stepping back or forward from time to time, to take up something challenging of each role. After all, which seasoned developer is not a designer too, and which seasoned designer is not an architect too?
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