Re:Why Programmers don’t have a High Social Status?
by paulhauggis on Saturday December 31, 2011 @01:27AM
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Most programmers aren't social. It's why we get into programming in the first place (writing code for 8 hours a day instead of talking to people). If we were, we would have gotten into sales or marketing.
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Re:Why Programmers don’t have a High Social Status?
by autumn_ on Saturday December 31, 2011 @02:48AM
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Yes, it doesn't help that a large factor of the appeal of programming is that we don't have to deal with the complex and irrational system of human interaction.
Re:Why Programmers don’t have a High Social Status?
by mancandy on Saturday December 31, 2011 @05:18AM
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do you think that managing or dealing with people (these irrational talking machines) is harder and scarier than coding?
Re:Why Programmers don’t have a High Social Status?
by paulhauggis on Saturday December 31, 2011 @10:49AM
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I did 10 years ago when I was 18 or 19. Now that I've forced myself to be social (by pushing myself outside my comfort zone), it's not scary anymore. I actually enjoy it.
However, one of the reasons I got into programming in the first place (at 13) is because I was shy and found happiness there.
I view marketing as a sort of programming, but instead of having a nice project at the end, you have some cash.