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> But literally every dev that I personally know Your bubble is absurdly tiny. I assure you this is not the norm across software engineering as a whole.
by uoaei 3y ago
> But literally every dev that I personally know
Your bubble is absurdly tiny. I assure you this is not the norm across software engineering as a whole.
- JohnFen 3y agoYou have no clue how large or small my professional circle is. Since you claim to have knowledge about what is the norm across the entire field of software engineering rather than just the people in your own bubble, I assume that you have a study that informs your belief?
- phantomathkg 3y agoMaybe it is fair to say, probably 50% people develop for fun outside work, and another 50% don't?
- uoaei 3y agoThat's an OK prior if you have literally no other information, but still isn't reasonable once you know anything about people.
- JohnFen 3y agoIn the absence of data, saying this is just as speculative as saying any other ratio. There's no reason to think any particular ratio is the correct one. That's why I was very careful to point out that I was talking about my personal experience, and wasn't generalizing it to the field as a whole. I have no data to support any speculation about the field as a whole.
- brewdad 3y agoThere are an estimated 28 million software developers in the world. How many millions do you know personally? Your circle is incredibly small.
- xboxnolifes 3y agoEveryone's circle is incredibly small by that definition, and those neither opinions hold any weight.