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What drives me over the edge though is that developers believe they are so imminently intelligent. Don't get me wrong, many of them are. But sometimes they bel
by asdfman123 7y ago
What drives me over the edge though is that developers believe they are so imminently intelligent. Don't get me wrong, many of them are.
But sometimes they believe so strongly in their own biases and preconceptions that it is deeply frustrating.
For instance, there are some who believe in the gospel of whiteboard interviews and when you try to discuss things like individual variation and how the process could be mostly random, their minds are completely closed.
Honestly, I don't encounter these sorts of problems nearly as often with people who have had liberal arts educations... but then again, I don't debate those sorts of people online like I do with programmers. Maybe it's just people are more confident in arguing their opinions when they're anonymous.
- netwanderer3 7y agoThere are two types of intelligence: fluid intelligence (specialized domains of knowledge) and crystallized intelligence (general knowledge). Those developers you encountered were probably very good at what they do (fluid intelligence), but crystallized intelligence is just another separate category that operates based on a different set of thinking patterns.
- Nasrudith 7y agoTo be frank I have encountered the problem /more/ with Liberal Arts Educations who gain a misplaced confidence im absolute nonsense and treat using numbers to decide anything with contempt as less human. I suspect that it may be more the culture to blame at that point per se.