Software engineers seem to be prone to this sort of thinking in general. I know I was at first. I think it's common to just not be especially familiar with the

Software engineers seem to be prone to this sort of thinking in general. I know I was at first. I think it's common to just not be especially familiar with the practice of science, with other types of engineering, to not have exposure to other industries and thus have no other frame of reference, and to just be young and inexperienced. It's very easy to look around at your own experience and think "this is so complex and requires immense amounts of thought and coordination" and to somehow think that's unique to your situation.