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

submitted 9 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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[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The most I read and hear is "you're a hacker". And I get labeled as the computer nerd alot in school.

[–] agilob@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

After doing it for 15 years, I must be good at it and everything should be easy.

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[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

As a non-dev (tinker for fun) observer- it sounds like your friends and family think you're working in IT, but their assumptions thereafter are fair. Is that accurate? That the misconception is software dev does not equal IT?

[–] flumph@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

100%

I program -- yet I've been asked to fix a camera and Apple Maps.

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[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

that programmers make $300-500k/year

[–] anzo@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

Just 2 days ago some friends thought that I could get any job from the huge pool of available jobs out there...

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