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Re:Programmers are not different, they need simple UIs by grey-area on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @03:29PM (#11764758)
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Picasso, Mozart, Cezanne, Bach, Rembrandt, Goya - none of these artists stuck to one instrument or medium, most were masters of many and all experimented freely. Your thesis does not hold true for many great artists I can think of.
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Re:Programmers are not different, they need simple UIs by tanker on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @04:11PM (#11765093)
True, but then they are the all-time greats for a reason.
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Re:Programmers are not different, they need simple UIs by fucking_tragedy on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @04:30PM (#11765221)
Some people that grew up being told that they were smart tend to think of themselves as that kind of master polymath type and end up ignoring that detail.
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