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by beatpanda 4878 days ago
Yep. And I think people who work in tech are more aware of the problems "bad" technology creates and are more likely to avoid it, even as the rest of society starts "coming online" in the sense that they have some kind of a personal web presence.
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There's also Jeff Atwood's "Nobody hates software more than software developers"[1].

[1]: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/07/nobody-hates-softwa...

Reminds me of an article I read (maybe here) that described how doctors are less likely to pursue aggressive treatments for themselves when faced with late term cancer or similar diseases.
There was an NPR Radio Lab (?) about this recently I believe.