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Developers Aren't Nerds

? For the longest of time, I was under the impression that developers and programmers, for the most part, are as or even more so interested in technology, tools, efficiency and productivity as I am. This came from the somewhat outdated understanding that the barrier of entry into programming was mentally taxing and required fucking around with compiling, development environment et al.

This came from the somewhat outdated understanding that the barrier of entry into programming was mentally taxing and required fucking around with compiling, development environment et al. After recently conversing with some fellow developers and mentioning LSPs, Vim, Dotfiles, linters and other, supposedly, common things, I was met with a blank stare. The conclusion here, is that I was wrong in my expectations and that while I can share a new working methodology or Nvim plugin I found with a colleague, I need to accept the fact they might not even know what I am talking about and that they absolutely don't give a shit.

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