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What do non-programmers think programming is like?
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tynamite
tynamite's avatar Non-programmers compare programmers to sub-atomic physicists, who are expertly crafty for going deep into the underlying technology of things. Such people like that are clever, and so far removed from the normal everyday people , who merely interact with the life that we live, and cannot break it down.

Tell someone you've coded an algorithm for checking if a player has won Tic Tac Toe, and watch their faces be all shocked that you're some technical wizard.

Tell someone you've designed, coded, and that you're hosting your own website that they say looks good, and they'll be shocked and think that you're someone else on another level. They have trouble understanding how the internet works, let alone using it.
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