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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea by JanisL on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @01:44AM (#25830690)
> Obviously no programmer is solely relying on StackOverflow to do their job

I've encountered a few people who were doing something very close to this. I really hope that doesn't happen in medicine too.

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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea by ascar on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @03:23AM (#25831135)
That's down to the (obvious) fact that job performance and working ethics is not equal but distributed among practitioners.

I think this is especially visible in software "engineering" with people joining the craft after a few weeks of boot camp. (think engineering vs programming)

However, we put doctors through an especially rigorous and long training and certification process to minimize the amount of unqualified practitioners.

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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea by vbezhenar on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @03:56AM (#25831328)
Doctors are supposed to have a higher entry barrier than software developers. Does not mean that all of them are brilliant, of course.
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