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I've worked with lot of engineers with the described "logic bubble", often coming off as an asperger or rude. It's rampant. Engineers just don't know how to adm
by notastartup 12y ago
I've worked with lot of engineers with the described "logic bubble", often coming off as an asperger or rude. It's rampant. Engineers just don't know how to admit ambiguity, everything is solvable with logic, and this rubs off as arrogance.
Like the author I also experienced early on in life that the real world is much more unpredictable. Day trading, reading books have opened my eyes quite a bit. Also starting my own business selling my own software has really enforced the view that the only certainty is uncertainty.
Such a beautifully written article. I'd put this right up there with Dr. Nassim Taleb's article on smart people or experts with no respect for fallibility of the human condition, or the innate limitation as humans, the absolute guarantee to incorrectly perceive our point in time, space, and make poor decisions and walk off with a large check because of a certain pecking order in society that awards chutzpah or blind confidence in one's own ability or a groups ability. It probably comes from the evolutionary practice of hunters and gatherers.
- watwut 12y agoFunny ... I had the same impression of some managers. Simply could not accept that certain things are unpredictable. The other thing is that there are places where ambiguity is wrong e.g., documentation. Which was hard to accept for some managers and analysts. I can not write ambiguous code, it ends up doing either one thing or another. Notice the some in my sentences. I managed not to offend whole profession of people.
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