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[โ€“] 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Potentially unpopular response: engineers! I respect the knowledge and intellect, and I do not respect the deficits in curiosity and emotional intelligence. The engineers I know (some of whom I love) tend to be experts on the things they do know, but they don't know what they don't know.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    As an engineer, I can understand your sentiment. Unfortunately, it's a field that attracts a lot of smart and socially awkward people. Those whose heads enjoy engineering challenges often lack self awareness, and it results in either being really awkward or being obnoxious, or both. The "good ones" are less loud, so you don't hear from them as much.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I love engineers <3

    Software engineers though tend toward tech bro. But on the other hand there are Really Amazing SWEs that again just aren't that loud or annoying so you gotta be patient or lucky to meet them.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 5 months ago

    If you walk into someone's home and it's full of the latest and greatest tech, that's a tech enthusiast. If you walk in and the most advanced piece of tech is a printer from 2005, that might be a senior software engineer.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 5 months ago

    As an engineer, I suppose I should be offended by this. But I realize that it is based on "emotions," a type of internal sensory experience some humans have on a daily basis. This is not logical, and shall be disregarded. End statement.

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