Sinmara
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I thought of the INTP Engineer I'm dating when I read this article and was very amused. Thought you lot might like to have a look at it too.
Well, Actually - Miguel de Icaza
Well, Actually - Miguel de Icaza
Well, Actually
Why you are not getting laid
As software developers, we develop habits that allow us to build products that work and do not fail under stress. Every software developer knows what an "off-by-one" error is, and like the Karate Kid, we train extensively so we can avoid those traps. We learn how to avoid these and other similar software problems and we sharpen our skills to find logic errors.
As we mature as developers, finding logic errors and incomplete solutions becomes our way of life. It defines us.
But our engineering strength is also our social weakness. Countless times as engineers you will find yourself interrupting someone telling a story, an anecdote or a joke to correct a false assumption, provide an extra fact that the narrator overlooked, give a bigger perspective on the problem or point out that the joke premise is actually flawed.
You can identify this behavior because the person interrupting usually starts with the phrase "Well, actually...".
As a kid, I thought this was my strength. I knew a little bit more than my sister. So whenever she would say something, I would quickly interject something like "Well, actually, the origin of the word Shih Tzu means Lion Dog and has nothing to do with the dog's digestive patterns".
Yes, I was really fun to hang out with.
As a child, I wondered why my sister could make friends and keep them so easily, while I could not. It would take me years to discover this. And now, as a public service I am sharing with you, my fellow geek friends, what I learned.