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> I partly blame Hollywood and their incessant humiliation of software/IT people, while creating endless leading roles for doctors and lawyers, effortlessly wea
by rafaelmn 2y ago
> I partly blame Hollywood and their incessant humiliation of software/IT people, while creating endless leading roles for doctors and lawyers, effortlessly weaving their complicated terminologies into fascinating storylines, which is aparently not possible to do for us?
Doctors and lawyers deal with people and everyday problems that are easy to turn into a interesting story. I don't see many contract lawyers or radiologists as protagonists - it's ER docs and criminal law.
Software development is about rigorously talking to a computer all day, either solving mundane solved tasks in a new application, or problems that you can't even grasp without a technical background. I'm a developer who started programming as a teen over 20 years ago for fun - and I'm bored out of my mind with most of the work - I don't even try to talk about it to non-developers because I know it's about as interesting as accounting, more people would get useful info out of their stories.
- kwere 2y agoaccounting, expecially tax optimization is really interesting/fun, but maybe its just in my bubble in a high tax country where most of the middle class needs tax optmization to live above the poverty line
- croemer 2y agoBugs can make great stories. But only for a niche audience. Not Hollywood.