Re:What We Learned Making a Plastic Injection Mold with a Ch...
by NegativeK on Monday October 09, 2023 @11:17AM
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> are these computer programmers demonstrating hubris?
Yes, but not in a way that's unique to programmers.
People often underestimate the effort a job entails, be it teaching, sales, programming, graphic design, machining, car repair vet medicine, etc.
Most of my career history, when I've heard someone say "ugh, department X just sits around all day and occasionally does Y", they're assuming that the sliver of their insight into department X is the totality of what is actually done.
Yes, but not in a way that's unique to programmers.
People often underestimate the effort a job entails, be it teaching, sales, programming, graphic design, machining, car repair vet medicine, etc.
Most of my career history, when I've heard someone say "ugh, department X just sits around all day and occasionally does Y", they're assuming that the sliver of their insight into department X is the totality of what is actually done.