Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video]

Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by fapjacks on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @04:11PM (#12592695)

It's especially exaggerated here -- almost comically so -- when the subject is JavaScript or when something isn't quite right with a project's website.

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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by wmccullough on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @04:15PM (#12592742)

Yes, or the ever popular:

"This is nice, but my cousins, uncles, framework that's coming out next week is way better!"

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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by nk1tz on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @04:22PM (#12592803)

Developers are a cynical bunch. It comes with the chops.

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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by cfreeman on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @04:43PM (#12593010)

I think it just comes with the type of person who fits the programmer stereotype. I don't think being cynical makes one a better programmer.

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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by goatlover on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @04:48PM (#12593050)

Being cynical comes with experience. You get exposed to tons of ideas and hype over time. Some of it is warranted, and some of it isn't. You realize that marketing and lowest common denominator play a big role.

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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by jdavis703 on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @02:23AM (#12595784)

Well I think it depends on what kind of code you work (or worked) on. My first two jobs were on decade-old PHP codebases with thousands of global variables and copy pasta galore. Only the damn cynical can survive in that kind of mess, because it literally feels like the system is trying to fight you. I imagine legacy COBOL programmers can also relate. Now if most of your experience is working with green field systems, such a level of cynicism is not needed and may even be detrimental.

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