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> I’ve been nomading for ten years. The most i've ever been able to do was half a year. How can you choose to be without a real home that long?
I didn't say I was homeless :D I have a home base, but I spend 6 months or more outside of my home country.
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They can solve complex open-ended tasks, and formulate long term plans that take into account information from multiple sources. I understand that this is not a very high bar to set in comparison to other working professionals , but nearly everyone in the tech industry, and most other people who have a desk in a company's head office, are working at a level above the average person. Many of the posters on HN are bias…
If you are implying those attributes are unique to coders, or that all coders have them, i'd have to politely disagree with both points. Coding might imply a capacity to do other complex jobs, but not to become an expert in said field. There's only one way to do that, with time and effort.
My main problem with the original comment was that it implied tech people aren't actually smart, when they are usually well above average. The problem is confusing general intelligence with knowledge in specific areas, not that they're secretly stupid. I think this is close to what you're saying as well.
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I didn't say I was homeless :D I have a home base, but I spend 6 months or more outside of my home country.
I mean a home with local ties and roots, not just someone else's airbnb :)
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If you are implying those attributes are unique to coders, or that all coders have them, i'd have to politely disagree with both points. Coding might imply a capacity to do other complex jobs, but not to become an expert in said field. There's only one way to do that, with time and effort.
They're attributes that are common in somewhat demanding professional careers, and related to having an above-average IQ, e.g. being smart. My main problem with the original comment was that it implied tech people aren't actually smart, when they are usually well above average. The problem is confusing general intelligence with knowledge in specific areas, not that they're secretly stupid. I think this is close to wh…
That's why Elon Musk got asked about COVID and Kayne about foreign policy. We need to stop doing that. Musk is great at building companies, knows nothing about virology. Kayne is a good at music, end of list.