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You may be using "smarter" to mean something different than IQ, but if you mean IQ then you're wrong. Different professions have different distributions of IQ,

You may be using "smarter" to mean something different than IQ, but if you mean IQ then you're wrong. Different professions have different distributions of IQ, and programmers are among the professions with the highest average IQ. They definitely skew higher than house painters. https://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/Occupations.aspx https://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/Occupations.aspx Programmers may not be wiser, kinder, or better than anyone else, but on average they are a bit smarter.

spookthesunset 7y ago
If you genuinely believe programmers have a higher iq than normal, dunning kruger would like to have a word with you. To many engineers are way to convinced that the fact they know any kind of engineering makes them automatically smart at everything outside of their narrow domain of expertise (eg: programming).
- haimez 7y ago
  Unfortunate use of “to” or the “Krugered” programmers might have listened
  - spookthesunset 7y ago
    Yeah. It really annoys me when people jerk off on forums about how being coder automatically makes them smarter than everybody else. And then, ironically, goes on to link to some BS article supporting their assertion. Way to many devs I meet think that knowing to code means they can understand everything. They are also the ones who fall hardest to scams (bitcoin), stupid political views (say, ones beginning with L), stupid legal views, stupid social views, stupid financial advice, stupid views on how to rewire a house, rebuild an engine, on basically anything but programming. But obviously their opinion is on whatever topic has to be fact because they program and obviously they have a high IQ (and they have an article to back them up too!!!) (/s). I generalize, sure... but seriously. This kind of circle jerk is lame and very arrogant. Coding doesn’t make you smart (no matter what BS article somebody digs up to support your assertion). So here I am ranting about it...
    - elbear 7y ago
      I don't know if coding makes you smart, but the causal relationship might go the other way: you're more likely to be good at coding, the smarter you are.
- nl 7y ago
  Err, this is weird. Programming is correlated with higher IQ. IQ is correlated with spatial reasoning and the kinds of multi-step puzzle solving that is often needed in programming. I don't know why you find this so surprising or offensive. It's simply that the IQ tests the kinds of things that often make good programmers. IQ isn't the only thing correlated with programming ability, and people with high IQ are often extremely dumb in many areas. (I don't have a particularly high IQ)

spookthesunset 7y ago

If you genuinely believe programmers have a higher iq than normal, dunning kruger would like to have a word with you. To many engineers are way to convinced that the fact they know any kind of engineering makes them automatically smart at everything outside of their narrow domain of expertise (eg: programming).

haimez 7y ago
Unfortunate use of “to” or the “Krugered” programmers might have listened
- spookthesunset 7y ago
  Yeah. It really annoys me when people jerk off on forums about how being coder automatically makes them smarter than everybody else. And then, ironically, goes on to link to some BS article supporting their assertion. Way to many devs I meet think that knowing to code means they can understand everything. They are also the ones who fall hardest to scams (bitcoin), stupid political views (say, ones beginning with L), stupid legal views, stupid social views, stupid financial advice, stupid views on how to rewire a house, rebuild an engine, on basically anything but programming. But obviously their opinion is on whatever topic has to be fact because they program and obviously they have a high IQ (and they have an article to back them up too!!!) (/s). I generalize, sure... but seriously. This kind of circle jerk is lame and very arrogant. Coding doesn’t make you smart (no matter what BS article somebody digs up to support your assertion). So here I am ranting about it...
  - elbear 7y ago
    I don't know if coding makes you smart, but the causal relationship might go the other way: you're more likely to be good at coding, the smarter you are.
nl 7y ago
Err, this is weird. Programming is correlated with higher IQ. IQ is correlated with spatial reasoning and the kinds of multi-step puzzle solving that is often needed in programming. I don't know why you find this so surprising or offensive. It's simply that the IQ tests the kinds of things that often make good programmers. IQ isn't the only thing correlated with programming ability, and people with high IQ are often extremely dumb in many areas. (I don't have a particularly high IQ)