Re:Ask HN: How to stop competitiveness within the Dev world?
by muzani on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @01:09AM
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It's not really due to competitiveness. Some people want the other party to be better.
It's sort of like religion. My IDE is better than yours, my tech stack is better, and you're just ignorant for not being enlightened.
I don't think there is a solution to the arrogance. One of the root causes is that everyone thinks they're hackers who found a better solution. The other cause is that they've invested a lot into what they learned, so they don't like it when better tools obsolete that.
It's sort of like religion. My IDE is better than yours, my tech stack is better, and you're just ignorant for not being enlightened.
I don't think there is a solution to the arrogance. One of the root causes is that everyone thinks they're hackers who found a better solution. The other cause is that they've invested a lot into what they learned, so they don't like it when better tools obsolete that.