>> Isn't it obvious how to do things in programming? Not in my field, no. But I might be an oddity. I get hired to do the kinds of things others have tried and

>> Isn't it obvious how to do things in programming? Not in my field, no. But I might be an oddity. I get hired to do the kinds of things others have tried and failed to do. So while they may be "productive" by whatever arbitrary metric (solving small problems real quick), they fail at gnarly, "deep" shit which can't be done in a day, or, sometimes, in a week, but which does need to be done.