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What are the craziest misconceptions you’ve heard about programming from people not familiar with it? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 months ago by gianni@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev
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As someone who spends time programming, I of course find myself in conversations with people who aren't as familiar with it. It doesn't happen all the time, but these discussions can lead to people coming up with some pretty wild misconceptions about what programming is and what programmers do.

  • I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences. So, I thought it would be interesting to ask.
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[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The worst and most common misconception is that I can fix their Windows issues from a vague description they give me at a party.

[–] anamethatisnt@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Isn't the solution to send them this link? ;-)
https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Windows bad. Linux good. No need for nuance, just follow the hivemind.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Linus Torvalds?

[–] aluminium@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A lot people compleatly overrate the amount of math required. Like its probably a week since I used a aritmetic operator.

[–] dosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizza 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

People think I can hack anything ever created, from some niche 90s CD software to online services

[–] scorpionix@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A friend asked me to atempt data recovery on some photos which 'vanished' off an USB stick.

Plugged it in, checked for potential hidden trash folders, then called it a day. Firstly I havenever done data forensic and secondly: No backup? No mercy.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There are tools for that fyi

[–] scorpionix@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

Well, here's the important part:

I have never done data forensic

So yeah, I didn't know that at the time. Anyway: Which tools are you talking about in particular?

[–] 0xCAFE@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They can't possibly judge what is trivial to achieve and what's a serious, very hard problem.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That is a pretty hard thing to do, to be fair. And the list of things that are easy sometimes makes big jumps forward and the effect of details on the final effort can be massive.

[–] 0xCAFE@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

You're right! Even for programmers.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That IT subject matter like cybersecurity and admin work is exactly the same as coding,

At least my dad was the one who bore the brunt of that mistake, and now I have a shiny master's degree to show to all the recruiters that still don't give my resume a second glance!

[–] homoludens@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

"But why? It both has to do with computers!" - literally a project manager at my current software project.