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by UqWBcuFx6NV4r 1 hour ago
This is like people saying that C is infallible and it’s those stupid lesser-developers that unlike me simply cannot wield its immense power. No. Usability matters. After all these years software development still has an ‘unfounded male confidence / posturing’ problem and it’s just cringeworthy
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I agree. No matter how complicated, or unnecessary, or unintuitive a piece of software or technology is... There is always this contingent of people who pop in and say "It is not that hard!" and furthermore tend to express a view of "I am superior because I figured out this obtuse thing, and you must be inferior because you have not figured it out".

I do not know why that mentality exists in the industry, but I see it all the time... for the past 35 years.

It exists in every industry. Listen to anyone in construction, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, etc.