A developer shares their career transformation from being a feature-building yes-person to a strategic thinker who understands business context. The shift involved moving beyond pure coding (layer one) to understanding decision-making systems (layer two) and recognizing industry patterns (layer three). Key advice includes saying no to non-strategic work, attending business meetings, tracking resource allocation, and filtering decisions through three questions: technical growth, understanding decision-making, and pattern recognition. The author argues that combining technical skills with business awareness creates significantly more career value than coding ability alone.

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