If there's one thing I've learned in life, anytime you see "Nowadays" or "these days" or something similar, you can be guaranteed that whatever statement follows it is a universal truism about the human condition that recency has no bearing on.
People are sensitive about their work. And sensitive to how we communicate together. Always have been. Always will be.
It's not possible that the average modern software developer is just a bit more sensitive about their work than a welder was in 1950?
People, in general, are sensitive about anything important to them.
I would not be surprised if modern day welders get offended by their equipment manual as well.
The difference is how people expressed those emotions or not, not whether they had them.
That's a change in behavior.
I was responding to this. My answer is no. Whether they express it or not, I imagine the sensitivity hasn't increased. You can feel something (being sensitive) without choosing to express it.
Emotional control is something well-adjusted people do every day, regardless of what they are feeling. It is simply more acceptable to express these emotions now.
If I had to guess people in the 50s just died inside and then drank themselves to death instead. Or took it out on their families.
At a fundamental emotional level, yea that's pretty much what I am saying.
> It's not possible that the average modern software developer is just a bit more sensitive about their work than a welder was in 1950?
Maybe. It's possible that the selection of 1950s welders consisted of a fundamentally different slice of the overall social profile than coders of the 2020s. But overall sensitivity comes with pride. If 1950s welders had pride in their work I am certain they had sensitivity about it also.
But the statement was "Nowadays people seem to be oversensitive about their code". So you have to compare people who write code now vs people who wrote code in the past. Not two different professions.
It's important to remember that the code is not a reflection of ourselves, and not everyone will be pleased with it. Some will provide good guidance, while others will not. Therefore, we should remove our ego from the code. Code is like a lollipop that we enjoy, but then discard once we're done with it.
If I don't understand a design doc, it doesn't necessarily mean that I'm stupid or that the writer is bad at communicating. It may simply require more effort on my part to fully comprehend it.
I don't understand why some people are so sensitive and take everything as a personal attack.