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What are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk? (programming.dev)
submitted 9 months ago by mac@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
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[–] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 45 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Myth: software engineers replicate value similar to a factory worker making the same item over and over

Truth: software engineers are closer to artists than factory workers IMO. We find and create new value, not replicate existing value

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And just like artists, the vast majority aren't very good at it.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago

Yes but unlike artists we have far fewer sugar daddies.

[–] porgamrer@programming.dev 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

eh, more like self-important plumbers

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just making some corkscrew pipes because the existing architecture is corkscrew piping.

[–] porgamrer@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

Or adding a single non-corkscrew pipe out of principle, which all the other corkscrew plumbers now have to maintain for 20 years

[–] lambda@programming.dev 7 points 9 months ago

I feel this. But, in a lot of jobs you have someone forcing you to do art the way they had envisioned lol