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I am a developer, and I was once in a meeting full of scientists who work on gene sequencers. One of them, in what context I forget, referred to me as the "tec
by rossdavidh 6y ago
I am a developer, and I was once in a meeting full of scientists who work on gene sequencers. One of them, in what context I forget, referred to me as the "tech guy". I thought to myself, "I'm in a room full of scientists who work on gene sequencing, and I'm the tech guy? I thought I was the least technical person in this room."
I've had similar experiences with people who know the magazine industry, the custom steel door industry, the ad agency business, and several others. They all have their own language, and they all think that I'm the tech guy, and I know I'm the only one in the room who doesn't understand what we're talking about. :)
- nullsense 6y agoYou were the tech guy. They were the biotech guys/gals.
- aaronblohowiak 6y agoI have known scientists to hold a view to the effect of Math > Science > Tech > ... So, yea, you are the "tech" guy, but this is not necessarily an exultation
- rossdavidh 6y agoNot an "exultation", sure, but it did definitely feel (in every case) like they were more impressed by knowledge of programming as an esoteric art, whereas knowledge of whatever their specialty was seemed more common to them. The scientists I know have no self-esteem issues, or anything, but (like the advertising people and the steel door people and the ad people and the rest) they don't usually even hear the complexity in their own jargon anymore.
- kwhitefoot 6y agoThey are secure in their own expertise and can recognize expertise in others. Their jargon makes their conversations more concise, like ours does for us.