[codexon]

Speaking as someone who was mainly a "developer" for a while, one frequent problem I see from developers is that they assume they can excel at everything because they are good at coding. Since coding is a hard task that not everyone can do well, they think this talent applies to everything else.

Just a few weeks ago on here, there was a developer complaining about not getting any attention through his efforts on social media, and from what he said he did, it was easy to tell he did not know what he was doing and severely lacked the sophistication needed to succeed. Instead of paying for marketing, he decided to do it himself and was about to give up without even thinking about paying someone else to do it.

This is hubris that is commonly seen in developers.

[DrewADesign]

Solid example, thanks. Worth specifically noting that we shouldn't be quick to judge, though. Every one of us has succumbed to novice cockiness at some point in our lives. People who build things, like developers, gain novice-level knowledge of everything from interface creation to domain-specific knowledge to copy writing to photo editing by osmosis. I'd be lying if I said I was any different.