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> This man was a senior developer yet this quote sounds like it comes from a nine year-old. Tech has a contempt culture problem, and this can be one manifestat
by rodgerd 5y ago
> This man was a senior developer yet this quote sounds like it comes from a nine year-old.
Tech has a contempt culture problem, and this can be one manifestation of it: feeling that being moderately bright about getting computers to do things makes you a tremendous intellect, and everyone else around you an easily hoodwinked moron.
Perhaps the most extreme example was Hans Reiser. Anyone who followed the twists and turns of the case against him for murdering his wife will remember how many trivially disproved lies he told, apparently under the illusion that he was a mastermind who could put one over on the courts based on his faulty understanding of ideas like reasonable doubt.
- SilasX 5y agoYes, and I remember Reiser having rejected a plea deal whereby he'd only serve 3 years, which is just about winning the lottery when it comes to being prosecuted for murder: https://www.theregister.com/2008/07/10/reiser_rejected_voluntary_manslaughter_plea/ https://www.theregister.com/2008/07/10/reiser_rejected_volun...
- devonkim 5y agoA lot of the tech community have pretty hostile attitudes in general for reasons I can only wildly conjecture, but the question I also would pose is if the distribution is all that different from the rest of the population. Look at the doctors and lawyers we’ve been seeing that are at least in public saying some of the most ridiculous things imaginable oftentimes even without an obvious financial motive involved like in most cases I’ve heard with engineers being deceitful.