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Re:Why do so few people major in computer science? by romanovcode on Monday May 29, 2017 @03:54PM (#14441069)
> Why is this type of attitude normal in software?

I think people greatly underestimate what software developers actually do. To most of non-computer related folk we are just monkeys who bash keystrokes.

I'm not saying we do some rocket science, however in this profession a lot of online research is required to even do a simple things, and to most of people it is annoying to do so they give up.

I'm full-stack developer for about 10 years but still have to google MSSQL connection string or how to center stuff vertically in css.

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Re:Why do so few people major in computer science? by kgwgk on Monday May 29, 2017 @07:41PM (#14442112)
> in this profession a lot of online research is required to even do a simple things

Or you could look at the documentation. People did simple and complex things with computers for decades before google existed.

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