cdevroe
cdevroe
What developers sound like to non-developers cdevroe.com
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SimonWoods
SimonWoods

@cdevroe I was talking to my wife about something programming-related I am about to start working on and chose to not use the specific piece of language. This kind of thing is as good as speaking another language when it comes to people outside of the in-group.

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bradenslen
bradenslen

@cdevroe And this causes no end of frustration to non-developers when trying to get help with a problem.

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smokey
smokey

@bradenslen @cdevroe One of the things I like the best about @brentsimmons’s writing is how clearly and plainly he is able to explain various topics in software development to non-developers. It really is a skill not only to be able to switch off that developer side of the brain but also to come up with language that communicates the message in a way that everyone can understand.

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cdevroe
cdevroe

@smokey Who doesn't like @brentsimmons? No one. The answer is no one.

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brentsimmons
brentsimmons

@cdevroe 🐯🎩

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nitinkhanna
nitinkhanna

@cdevroe the best of those are "immunostaining" and "lamin-positive". Like, what the fucking fuck?

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nitinkhanna
nitinkhanna

@simonwoods the moment I speak networking with my friends, their eyes glaze over so fast.

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khurtwilliams
khurtwilliams

@cdevroe I don't mind this sort of jargon when developers/scientiest/engineers are communicate with their peers. But it's distressing when this sort of language is used to communicate to a general audience.

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smokey
smokey

@cdevroe Exactly!

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SimonWoods
SimonWoods

@nitinkhanna hah! I can imagine. I'm convinced that blogging exists to spare those people in our lives for whom this is all too much to hear.

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nitinkhanna
nitinkhanna

@simonwoods I couldn’t agree more! 😄

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cdevroe
cdevroe

@khurtwilliams Totally agree.

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