• GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is probably built up from how they go about doing any programming.

    From my personal experience with these people it’s more of a “I got top grades in school, especially the difficult STEM subjects which means I’m just smarter and know things about everything better than anybody else”

    And the fact that they probably make above average salaries and our world, especially American culture automatically associates high earnings/wealth with intelligence/work ethic/skills. These idiots are probably genuinely being viewed and treated by many others as smart for being well paid coders

    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Coders (and most STEM jobs like engineers) are just glorified puzzle solvers. They turn “I know how to arrange 4 coins so that each row would have 3 coins each” into a personality.

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 year ago

      From my personal experience with these people it’s more of a “I got top grades in school, especially the difficult STEM subjects which means I’m just smarter and know things about everything better than anybody else”

      I’ve taken to calling this “engineer brain” but it certainly applies to more than just engineers. Math guys heard “the entire world is math” at some point and decided that since they know math that means they know everything.