RedTailHawk on Nostr: That's probably a fair assessment of why some devs don't normie test their stuff. I ...
That's probably a fair assessment of why some devs don't normie test their stuff.
I think perhaps there are deeper reasons at play as well.
The following is a generic dev stereotype narrative for the purpose of illustration of my point:
-Smart introverted kid gets bullied in school and becomes more introverted.
-Not only does this create psychological trauma and baggage that carries forward throughout life into interactions with normies (who may be viewed as substitutes for the kid's tormentors growing up), this often immediately turns into a habit of spending more time with computers than with people simply to avoid dealing with people.
I think a lot of devs are antisocial when it comes to normies, and I think that's often a trauma response to the stereotypical dev childhood I articulated above.
I guarantee this is the case for some devs. Some will admit it. Others would never.
I'm glad to hear that "normie testing" is on your list. I imagine being a dev is a lot like being any other kind of engineer...there's not a lot of thanks or praise that goes along with it. That said, thank you for being the type of dev that normie tests your stuff and tries sincerely to build bridges that the masses can traverse to join the pioneers.That's probably a fair assessment of why some devs don't normie test their stuff.
I think perhaps there are deeper reasons at play as well.
The following is a generic dev stereotype narrative for the purpose of illustration of my point:
-Smart introverted kid gets bullied in school and becomes more introverted.
-Not only does this create psychological trauma and baggage that carries forward throughout life into interactions with normies (who may be viewed as substitutes for the kid's tormentors growing up), this often immediately turns into a habit of spending more time with computers than with people simply to avoid dealing with people.
I think a lot of devs are antisocial when it comes to normies, and I think that's often a trauma response to the stereotypical dev childhood I articulated above.
I guarantee this is the case for some devs. Some will admit it. Others would never.
I'm glad to hear that "normie testing" is on your list. I imagine being a dev is a lot like being any other kind of engineer...there's not a lot of thanks or praise that goes along with it. That said, thank you for being the type of dev that normie tests your stuff and tries sincerely to build bridges that the masses can traverse to join the pioneers.
I think perhaps there are deeper reasons at play as well.
The following is a generic dev stereotype narrative for the purpose of illustration of my point:
-Smart introverted kid gets bullied in school and becomes more introverted.
-Not only does this create psychological trauma and baggage that carries forward throughout life into interactions with normies (who may be viewed as substitutes for the kid's tormentors growing up), this often immediately turns into a habit of spending more time with computers than with people simply to avoid dealing with people.
I think a lot of devs are antisocial when it comes to normies, and I think that's often a trauma response to the stereotypical dev childhood I articulated above.
I guarantee this is the case for some devs. Some will admit it. Others would never.
I'm glad to hear that "normie testing" is on your list. I imagine being a dev is a lot like being any other kind of engineer...there's not a lot of thanks or praise that goes along with it. That said, thank you for being the type of dev that normie tests your stuff and tries sincerely to build bridges that the masses can traverse to join the pioneers.That's probably a fair assessment of why some devs don't normie test their stuff.
I think perhaps there are deeper reasons at play as well.
The following is a generic dev stereotype narrative for the purpose of illustration of my point:
-Smart introverted kid gets bullied in school and becomes more introverted.
-Not only does this create psychological trauma and baggage that carries forward throughout life into interactions with normies (who may be viewed as substitutes for the kid's tormentors growing up), this often immediately turns into a habit of spending more time with computers than with people simply to avoid dealing with people.
I think a lot of devs are antisocial when it comes to normies, and I think that's often a trauma response to the stereotypical dev childhood I articulated above.
I guarantee this is the case for some devs. Some will admit it. Others would never.
I'm glad to hear that "normie testing" is on your list. I imagine being a dev is a lot like being any other kind of engineer...there's not a lot of thanks or praise that goes along with it. That said, thank you for being the type of dev that normie tests your stuff and tries sincerely to build bridges that the masses can traverse to join the pioneers.