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.
  • Batbro@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    I go to excuse now is “I haven’t used windows in 10 years”, when people call me for tech support.

    I literally can’t help them lol

    • sjpwarren@programming.dev
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      8 months ago

      “I don’t know anything about your apple device, I prefer to own my devices and not have somone else dictate what I can use it for”