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As developers, when we see something like this, we have two responses to choose from: a.) Outrage. How could this possibly be??? I could have built them this
by jasonkester 15y ago
As developers, when we see something like this, we have two responses to choose from:
a.) Outrage. How could this possibly be??? I could have built them this site in four hours. This sort of thing must be stopped.
b.) Joy. How awesome is my life that I work in a industry where I could conceivably bill half a million dollars for a simple website. Gotta work on my networking to make sure that I'm the guy they hire to build version 2.
I think that, as computer folk, we have an unfortunate predisposition to Reaction A. I'd suggest, if you can stomach the idea, manually shifting your outlook on life to more closely line up with Reaction B. Life gets a lot better if you do.
- chc 15y agoI think the trouble is that, for many programmers, "work on my networking" is on the same level as "grow an extra pair of arms" — might be handy, but no idea how to make it happen. So they resent those who do know how. (I realized this might sound kind of condescending, so to be clear: I am in the category of "couldn't network his way out of a paper bag." I just realized a while ago that resenting people who are better than I am at some things was counterproductive, and it's better to watch and learn.)