[Discombulator]

The easiest answer is that HN is frequented by many people whose main (and often only) job activity is software development, so they/we think that our plight is special.

I wonder if there is some hidden irony, because it appears to me that we sometimes assume that everyone else has a simple and straightforward job that we could probably automate.

[balfirevic]

> The easiest answer is that HN is frequented by many people whose main (and often only) job activity is software development, so they/we think that our plight is special.

That's unfair (and untrue generally). The article is about software developers because it is written by someone who knows about software development. Does it also apply to civil engineers? Maybe, but I wouldn't know.