"you aren't the first person i've seen expressing the transparently nonsensical sentiment that 'people problems are much harder than technical problems'." No,

"you aren't the first person i've seen expressing the transparently nonsensical sentiment that 'people problems are much harder than technical problems'." No, it's not "transparently nonsensical" -- it expresses a common human experience that techies who are at least somewhat self-aware (obviously that excludes you) have had at work. Their education gave them a toolbox for approaching technical problems, but no training in the people problems. It's not remotely saying that all technical problems are easy.