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Similar to the story of “how do we build this?” “I push this button.” How much does it cost? “$10,000” What?! “$1 for my time, $9,999 for knowing which but
by chatmasta 9y ago
Similar to the story of “how do we build this?”
“I push this button.”
How much does it cost?
“$10,000”
What?!
“$1 for my time, $9,999 for knowing which button to press.”
- dasil003 9y agoThe problem with this story for software developers is how it feeds into very common mental models of how software development works. Certain people who think configuring a mail client is the same as coding a large-scale distributed system just because their eyes glaze over the first sentence of an explanation of how to do either, and their 12-year-old nephew can do the former, therefore they must be equivalent and just a matter of salesmanship/credentialism.