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I think there's a correlation, but it's not even particularly strong. I know plenty of socially well-adjusted programmers.
by aqme28 5y ago
I think there's a correlation, but it's not even particularly strong. I know plenty of socially well-adjusted programmers.
- HPsquared 5y agoThat's the set of programmers you know personally - this sample is biased towards more socially-engaged programmers (the more social contacts they have, the more likely you are to know them).
- panda-giddiness 5y agoAmusingly, most people are biased towards engaging with people more sociable than they [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_paradox
- HPsquared 5y agoIt's like how most online content is produced by a vocal minority. Most informal "random samples" are not representative of the population as a whole.
- _0ffh 5y agoI think there was probably a much greater correlation between computer science and nerdy people thirty years or so ago, which was progressively diluted by the steeply rising popularity of the field pulling in more and more less-nerdy people.
- Grustaf 5y agoI'm aware of very few correlations between personality and profession that are stronger.