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Re:Alternative Career Paths That Software Developers Can Gro... by NikolaeVarius on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:01PM (#23816106)
Tell that to literally any hi-rise building, conference hall, apt mains.

The arrogance of HN sometimes

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Re:Alternative Career Paths That Software Developers Can Gro... by ironmagma on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:04PM (#23816129)
Never ascribe to arrogance that which can be adequately explained by ignorance.
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Re:Alternative Career Paths That Software Developers Can Gro... by Judgmentality on Monday July 13, 2020 @02:28AM (#23817661)
But believing you are better than someone else due to ignorance is pretty much the definition of arrogance.
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Re:Alternative Career Paths That Software Developers Can Gro... by ironmagma on Monday July 13, 2020 @02:39AM (#23817707)
Original statement was about the capabilities of the roles of software developers vs. plumbers, not the virtue of a person in the first role versus the second.
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