WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoWhat's something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?message-squaremessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-squareneidu2@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoJust because I’m an IT guy, it doesn’t mean I know why your laptop is slow.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoAlso, that software engineer and IT are not interchangeable terms
minus-squareMr Fish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months ago“I’m a software engineer, not a printer whisperer”
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months ago^ This. So much this. I’m a software engineer, and people will ask me IT questions about software I have no clue how to use.
Just because I’m an IT guy, it doesn’t mean I know why your laptop is slow.
Also, that software engineer and IT are not interchangeable terms
“I’m a software engineer, not a printer whisperer”
^ This. So much this. I’m a software engineer, and people will ask me IT questions about software I have no clue how to use.