[ninetyninenine]

It’s not clever to brag about how smart you are or imply you and your entire cohort are smarter than other occupations. It’s a sign of how much you are the opposite of clever.

Additionally the average IQ of software developers is measured to be 110-113. That’s barely above one std of the average so you’re actually wrong. Software devs aren’t particularly clever but a disproportionate number likes to think they are smarter than normal.

So bragging about something that you’re completely wrong about… is that clever? No.

[ahdidhd]

While I mostly agree with your original post (egos in this field are huge), it’s hard to interpret that IQ stat without more data. Kinda low IQ to present it like that without additional info cause it’s impossible to really evaluate.

[ninetyninenine]

Only because while you don’t brag about it you truly do believe you’re smarter. It’s not even about acting humble. The ego is real because despite me saying software engineers have roughly above average intelligence you couldn’t take it.

https://brght.org/iq/study/software-engineering/

[tptacek]

I'll ask you too, given your 110-113 stat: when was the cross-sectional survey of IQ that would be required to generate this stat been done?

[tonyedgecombe]

Meanwhile the average IQ of computer science graduates is 130. Draw what conclusion you want from that.

[tptacek]

This stat seems far-fetched. When has a cross-sectional IQ survey of CS graduates ever been taken?

[ninetyninenine]

Did you deep dive into this? Given the amount of downvotes I have I’m sure you weren’t the only one if you did.

About 30 percent of developers have no degree. Which means… if the average graduate of CS is 130, how low does the average swe without it a degree have to be in order to bring it down to 110?

I mean I spelled out the math. Dear readers, Draw what conclusion you want from that while asking yourself: “Do I have a degree?”

I will say that iq varies heavily across schools as well.