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I made another note to the essay. What I mean to say is that successful programmers will try business, but what successful business people try engineering? But

• m0nty 19y ago
  Like I said, generally I agree with the article, and it makes some good points. But the button-pusher for me (and the point I'm trying to make) is that labeling the technically adept as "socially awkward" is about as acceptable as saying that black people have "soul", poor people have "dignity", women are more "empathetic", and business-people are "aggressive", as though the one naturally leads to another. I honestly don't recognise the stereotype of the "socially awkward" programmer, and feel it's unhelpful to keep recycling and perpetuating it.
  • motoko 19y ago
    I wish that there was some way to discuss a stereotype without assuming some responsibility for perpetuating it, but I don't know of such a way. But stereotypes shouldn't be taboo for reasonable discussion here. That something is uncomfortable to talk about doesn't make it false or nonsense. In fact, I find that uncomfortable subjects are most interesting to explore because they force you to consider what you otherwise prefer not to believe.