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So you're implying anyone who is a software developer is not educated or intelligent, nor has a large salary. I think a lot of people would beg to differ. In r
by marshallp 14y ago
So you're implying anyone who is a software developer is not educated or intelligent, nor has a large salary. I think a lot of people would beg to differ.
In reality, matlab only exists because of inertia. It's the same reason why microsoft windows is still around. There's no substance behind it.
- tomrod 14y agoHe wasn't implying that. You've inverted his statement. Many economists and engineers I know care less about how they code and care more about getting a solution to the model at hand--this seems to be the poster's point. The implication is exactly what he exposited, whereas the logical inverse is what you've mistakenly deduced as the implication.
- marshallp 14y agoHis last paragraph is not clearly worded then. It comes of as thinly veiled insult to software developers.
- gjm11 14y agoPerhaps it comes off that way to you but I'd be willing to bet it doesn't to the great majority of readers, because it simply isn't saying what you say it's saying.
- marshallp 14y agoOK, but he's worded it wrong, it gives the impression of a snarkiness. Maybe he's saying that matlab users can't program well but are still intelligent/well paid (but that doesn't really make sense since numpy is equally easy and an intelligent/educated person wouldn't find programming hard). Anyway, maybe I misread it and you're right. edit: great, I was getting points before, and then you come along with your italics.
- tomrod 14y agoIt's all about the illiquid karma ;). No worries.