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What are the craziest misconceptions you’ve heard about programming from people not familiar with it? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 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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[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 29 points 8 months ago (12 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!

[–] huginn@feddit.it 6 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Idk I'm not sure I'd trust any dev who doesn't consider cyber security in their coding. So much development is centered around security whether that's auth or input sanitization or SQL query parameterization...

If you're working on an internal only application with no Internet connectivity then maybe you can ignore cybersec. But only maybe.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well, at least I know from this that some folks give my résumé the first look! Not exactly more than cold comfort though, especially when I've already built a career in business management after a family friend gave me a leg up when the "I don't want to do my job!" HR sorting bots kept discarding my resume for not having gone to Harvard for either my Bachelor's or Master's.

[–] huginn@feddit.it 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

My part of the hiring cycle they've already gotten past the pipeline / bots. I'm there to do architecture and design questions 😉

But I do read every resume.

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