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Bug blindness (danluu.com)
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[–] 8 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

What is the social punishment for repeatedly and consistently finding flaws in the work of others? maybe this isn't about cognition so much as fitting in.

Or more systemically: programmers who point out flaws are weeded out of the employment pool.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    We’re seen as the problem, who only dredge up trash, without recognition of the cleanup in our wake.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Don't feel bad, this seems to happen in every field.

    I really did enjoy watching Oppenheimer because, though surely politics played a role in promotion, knowing your shit was an absolute qualification for working on the Manhattan Project.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    Well in a sense that is true. This guy is pretending like he's the only one that sees bugs. In reality he's the only one that isn't able to understand priorities. If you're constantly reporting every bug no matter how trivial, that is a problem. You're wasting people's time.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Based on the time in role for the OP of the linked article, I’d venture to guess they aren’t wasting people’s time.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Really? Because some of his hand-picked bug examples are "syntax highlighting is sub-par on GitHub.com", "Google Analytics' map view shows some cities in the wrong place", "a weapon in a game works differently than intended in a way that isn't noticeable to players", "a Google hangouts call didn't work once".

    Technically bugs but... Yeah let's see his perfect software.

    Tenure doesn't mean much.

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