September 30, 2012 at 14:52What do programmers know?
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This list is not a translation of any particular article, but represents a series of statements to the question “What do programmers know, what non-programmers do not know?”
Under the cut some more. And, of course, welcome to comment.
What else do programmers know?
- Open source does not mean that anyone can edit this code
- There are dozens of widely used programming languages. There are hundreds of programming languages that no one uses.
- Creating any website or application is work
- What programmers study at universities rarely intersects with their workflow after graduation
- The fact that I am a programmer does not mean at all that I know why your Word does not start
Under the cut some more. And, of course, welcome to comment.
- Programming is not a knock on the keys, but building logical chains. This can be done while going to bed, walking in the park, looking out the window, in general, doing whatever
- Not all programmers wear glasses and / or deer sweaters and fans from Star Wars
- I have no idea how to hack the Pentagon!
- On four fingers you can count up to a thousand
- a = a + 1 is normal
- Website development and application development are two different things.
- Any cool program for a lot of money will not solve organizational problems in your enterprise
- Programming is not math
- Under the hood of your everyday programs, operating systems and sites, there is such a quiet horror as if you took apart the brand new Boeing and saw that the fuel tank was propped up by wardrobe hangers, and the chassis was wrapped with adhesive tape
What else do programmers know?