| I don't know why a lot of software devs like physical hobbies. I had always heard like on HN about people liking woodworking and plumbing, and I was like okay whatever its a meme for the site. Then the mechanical keyboard stuff took off, and that's when I noticed really. The people that like making the keyboards and touching the keycaps are like a separate group of people from the ones that like the layers and keyboard layouts. A lot of the youtube keyboard reviewers are not even really good at typing. And then I would see my friends soldering shit all the time like its fun. I did not try it until 2020 when a lot of stuff was shut down and I had the time. Then I was like oh soldering is just adult legos. I don't like legos at all, that's why I never liked soldering or was really into electronics kits growing up. I feel like peoples hobbies will let you know their preferences for how much abstract thinking they like to do and how they like to process information. Knowing this now, it makes more sense as to why they could not figure out where to put the CS department. I had come across articles before, but I never really understood what they were talking about. 65-70% are like lego people, people who like playing with legos in their spare time. The rest are humanities people who like math, linguistics, English, music etc. You have to try and figure out the type of person who you are getting information from, because people, at least in this industry, tend to think in very particular ways and it is a lot easier to tell when you start looking at their hobbies and preferences for doing things. |
To a point, but I think it's also we do a lot of abstract thinking and want to stretch those other muscles we don't use at work.