Comments on: Why Must People Degrade My Profession!? http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/12/07/why-must-people-degrade-my-profession/ Rants and Musings of an Agile Developer Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:54:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Brian Foley http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/12/07/why-must-people-degrade-my-profession/#comment-96065 Brian Foley Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:34:03 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=305#comment-96065 Oh, man, I feel your pain. I envy guys like you for the work you really put in, and the things that you really can do that I only dream about. (That's true - I am a frustrated pseudo-mathematician). I also can empathize from real life. I am a semi-retired professional magician. I do sophisticated sleight-of-hand and high-end mental magic, which I practiced till my fingers bled and frontal lobes ached, yet I still get, "My son is five and just loves magic - will you teach him a trick?" I try to remember that they mean no harm by it, and it's a form of flattery. But I still want to choke them! Oh, man, I feel your pain. I envy guys like you for the work you really put in, and the things that you really can do that I only dream about. (That’s true – I am a frustrated pseudo-mathematician).

I also can empathize from real life. I am a semi-retired professional magician. I do sophisticated sleight-of-hand and high-end mental magic, which I practiced till my fingers bled and frontal lobes ached, yet I still get, “My son is five and just loves magic – will you teach him a trick?”

I try to remember that they mean no harm by it, and it’s a form of flattery. But I still want to choke them!

]]> By: Jamie Stephens http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/12/07/why-must-people-degrade-my-profession/#comment-96022 Jamie Stephens Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:43:44 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=305#comment-96022 Reminds me of the (classic) oldie but goodie, The Tech Support Generation: http://www.newsweek.com/id/55444 Thankfully I have a brother-in-law that actually is part of a PC support team so I can easily defer. :) And with my wife's family, I just made them all buy Macs so I don't really have to do anything on that front either. :) Reminds me of the (classic) oldie but goodie, The Tech Support Generation: http://www.newsweek.com/id/55444

Thankfully I have a brother-in-law that actually is part of a PC support team so I can easily defer. :) And with my wife’s family, I just made them all buy Macs so I don’t really have to do anything on that front either. :)

]]> By: James Carr http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/12/07/why-must-people-degrade-my-profession/#comment-96016 James Carr Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:33:25 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=305#comment-96016 @SoftwareEngineer yep, that is true. ;) @SoftwareEngineer yep, that is true. ;)

]]> By: gmoney http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/12/07/why-must-people-degrade-my-profession/#comment-95929 gmoney Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:19:03 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=305#comment-95929 That's why i have no friend and never visit my family. That’s why i have no friend and never visit my family.

]]> By: Software Engineer http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/12/07/why-must-people-degrade-my-profession/#comment-95926 Software Engineer Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:28:33 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=305#comment-95926 I have been in that position many times It's not that they think a Software Engineer / Computer Scientist is the same as a computer repairman, but that they know you know more about computers than them. It makes sense. If they don't know what to do, the chances are greater that you know what to do. I have been in that position many times

It’s not that they think a Software Engineer / Computer Scientist is the same as a computer repairman, but that they know you know more about computers than them.

It makes sense. If they don’t know what to do, the chances are greater that you know what to do.

]]> By: Raoul http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/12/07/why-must-people-degrade-my-profession/#comment-95917 Raoul Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:00:42 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=305#comment-95917 So just tell them to spend the equivilant time doing yard work for you or something, since your time isn't valuable to them. Oh, make them pay in advance too. So just tell them to spend the equivilant time doing yard work for you or something, since your time isn’t valuable to them. Oh, make them pay in advance too.

]]> By: James Conroy-Finn http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/12/07/why-must-people-degrade-my-profession/#comment-95914 James Conroy-Finn Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:35:43 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=305#comment-95914 Your post made me smile so thanks! As a fellow developer I know the feeling. Asking me how to open a docx file on your PC (I'm a Mac user to boot, I hate Windows) is like asking a brain surgeon to sharpen your kitchen knives or asking Lewis Hamilton to clean your car! Just Google it you lazy retard! :P I'm now referring people to http://letmegooglethatforyou.com for all their computer related enquiries. Your post made me smile so thanks! As a fellow developer I know the feeling.

Asking me how to open a docx file on your PC (I’m a Mac user to boot, I hate Windows) is like asking a brain surgeon to sharpen your kitchen knives or asking Lewis Hamilton to clean your car! Just Google it you lazy retard! :P

I’m now referring people to http://letmegooglethatforyou.com for all their computer related enquiries.

]]> By: Kathleen Weaver http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/12/07/why-must-people-degrade-my-profession/#comment-95912 Kathleen Weaver Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:03:04 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/?p=305#comment-95912 It isn't just software engineers. And I get it hourly. And unfortunately fixing everyone's computer IS part of my job. It isn’t just software engineers. And I get it hourly. And unfortunately fixing everyone’s computer IS part of my job.

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