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> Many (not all) HN readers, being software engineers, have a high level of pretentiousness that comes from being good in one field, and then carry over that ar
by the_only_law 6y ago
> Many (not all) HN readers, being software engineers, have a high level of pretentiousness that comes from being good in one field, and then carry over that arrogance into areas where they have no clue.
The irony is to watch people get up in arms when an article is posted by some expert in another field who does the same. Its kinda funny thr amount of HN comments I've seen where some user says something along this lines of "author has no idea what they're talking about and should stick to xyz"