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Maybe "black and white thinking" is what's being described.
by kdmccormick 7y ago
Maybe "black and white thinking" is what's being described.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoThat's even worse. I know GGP wrote about "computer scientists", but I've seen similar things spoken (even here) about software engineers - that they have "binary thinking", they "reason in ones and zeros", etc. Which infuriates me to no end, because it's hard for me to think of another domain except hard sciences that forces you to think quantitatively, in numbers and orders and probabilities. Excelling in software requires the opposite of "black and white thinking".
- kdmccormick 7y agoDon't worry, I'm with you. I think the stereotype is that Computer Scientists are black and white thinkers, and that's true for some. But a senior software engineer should be skilled at thinking with nuance and considering uncertainties, biases, etc.