Comment by utopiah

> I haven't written a single line of code myself [...] I need to understand the code

What's the difference? I don't think anybody get paid by how efficiently they type on a keyboard. If you to use a die or raise a crow to get your next keypress I honestly don't think your PM cares as long as the actual output you contribute to the project is something you are responsible for.

I'm not saying it has no implications on how you think or no costs socially, ecologically, politically, solely that nobody cares HOW you get the code, only in your ability to keep on making it increasingly work better, closer to the evolving needs of the project.