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Wel gee, sorry that I was hired by a molecular neurobiology research group where all my colleages were at least PhD level biologists and that I didn't manage to
by vanderZwan 5y ago
Wel gee, sorry that I was hired by a molecular neurobiology research group where all my colleages were at least PhD level biologists and that I didn't manage to catch up to their level in the two years that my contract lasted, dad. At least they appreciated me enough to give me sixth co-authorship on a paper published in Cell, even though I don't understand three-quarters of it. You want to complain that I'm not an Olympiad heart surgeon too?
/s, obviously, my dad is actually very proud of me.
edit: this attempt at a sarcastic jab pissed some people off I guess. My point was that sure, the critique that issue of "people who understand one thing think they understand everything" applies disproportionately to programmers (and STEM people in general), but trying to defend against that by acting smugly superior about your own domain of expertise isn't going to fix that, that just makes you a problem on the other side of the coin.
- oblio 5y agoYou probably know where this is headed, but, still: https://xkcd.com/435/ https://xkcd.com/435/
- vanderZwan 5y agoI did but the link is still very welcome :). While we're here we might as well add this complementary SMBC classic: https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2556 https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2556