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

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That it's mostly sitting behind a computer writing code. More than half my time is spent in the exploration phase: math, research, communication and developing a concept. The actual writing of code is typically less than 1/3.

Also as someone mentioned before, that it's considered something 'dry'. I honestly wouldn't be able to code properly without my intuition. Take for example code smell. I don't know why the code is bad, I just feel that it's off somehow, and I keep chipping away until it feels just right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I really like the word you used, code smell. I often have a hard time expressing to co-workers in code reviews why something feels off, it just does.