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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months ago

What's something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?

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What's something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months ago

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Also, that software engineer and IT are not interchangeable terms
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  “I’m a software engineer, not a printer whisperer”
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  ^ This. So much this. I’m a software engineer, and people will ask me IT questions about software I have no clue how to use.

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