Basic Social Skills Guide (2012)

Re:Basic Social Skills Guide (2012) by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @04:39PM (#21588835)

I actually think most people do want to talk code. Specifically, how coding might work, or might not work. Whenever I bring up my software dev job, at least one person asks me what my day to day looks like, am I familiar with ML, do I know what blockchain is, etc. And then when I explain it, it comes off almost like revealing the man behind the curtain.

Technology touches everyone. Of course they want to know about how it works!

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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide (2012) by SkyBelow on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @05:22PM (#21589240)

This has largely not been my experience. Most people I interact with don't care about under the hood and just want it to work. If you have managed to find a place in life where most people enjoy understanding how the things they depend upon work (IT tech or not), then count it as a blessing.

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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide (2012) by rmetzler on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:24PM (#21597486)

I wonder where you live, because I don’t feel like this is the case for me at all. It could also be a thing that depends on the age of the person.

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