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> Truly Your Superior I've often wondered why programmers seem to have such big egos. I've come up with a possible explanation: It is nearly impossible to exp
by galaxyLogic 5y ago
> Truly Your Superior
I've often wondered why programmers seem to have such big egos. I've come up with a possible explanation:
It is nearly impossible to explain your program to a non-programmer. Therefore you easily get the feeling that you are smart and they are not. You understand something they don't and most of them seem to be incapable of understanding it even if you try your best to explain it.
- sph 5y agoProgrammers aren't the only ones doing intellectual work or that requires some kind of talent or knowledge, making them feel smart. Thus they are not the only ones with big egos (I could think of doctors, artists, musicians, physicists, university lecturers, politicians, celebrities, etc.) Unless thinking only programmers have a big ego is a result of this big ego :-)
- galaxyLogic 5y agoNo doubt about the others too. But programmers are in a special position I think, because of this: Programmers solve problems in their head which nobody even knows they are solving. Other people don't even know they are problems.