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so the question was what makes software developers different? also, what does original work mean? If you mean in the sense of PhD level research, I haven't wor
by bosie 6y ago
so the question was what makes software developers different?
also, what does original work mean? If you mean in the sense of PhD level research, I haven't worked in a lot of places where 'original work' was done. it is mostly glueing together other people's work (which is original to the person doing the glueing maybe).
- nefitty 6y agoA developer has to hold a cogent mental model of the problem they’re working on. Someone copying text might be able to do it while thinking of other things. If a developer is interrupted, their mental model “pops” like a bubble, and they might have to mentally start from scratch once they’ve dealt with the interruption.