alt Hacker NewsFor me problem is that talking with developers most of the time is more annoying than it is worth.
Being one-upped all the time, having devs nag about tiny irrelevant flaws just to show who is smarter. Adding just one more sentence to keep upper hand and trying to „make better” when good wasn’t done yet.
When I was younger I also had my fair share of those flaws.
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> For me problem is that talking with developers most of the time is more annoying than it is worth.
Then why are you on HN? ;)
Insecure and overvalued jerks are toxic. If someone can't bring their ego under control and be professional, they're probably better absent or away from customers rather than keeping around.
The best developers are consultative, inquisitive, and focused on delivering value that makes stakeholders' lives easier. No one outside of technical people care about implementation tools or details.
Ha, Ha, Very true though we don't like to admit it to ourselves.
HN is full of these types (myself included when something really triggers me). The amount of trivialities/nitpicking/arguing-for-the-sake-of-arguing going on here is enough to try anybody's patience. I think if i were to discuss things face-to-face with some of the people here it may most probably end in screaming/yelling and fisticuffs ;-)
It is a fundamental Human behavioural trait (i.e. the need to assert dominance through any means) that needs careful regulation in our communications.
I try to deal with these people the Sherlock Holmes way ;-)
"It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it ...
When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth.".
Actually, I think all professional fields are similar. But even so, sometimes I still miss having people around