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Discussion on: What you hate the most about being a Developer? 😅🤓

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Jan Küster • Edited

People asking me to fix their PC or WIndows or Printer problems, because "I work in IT"

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furthermore

  • helping with Excel / Word
  • fixing Routers or connectivity issues
  • helping to buy new hardware ("is this a good one?")
  • helping to find software x for purpose y
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Temani Afif

and the : " is the Samsung Xzd45" better than HTC sdfr48? or should I keep my actual phone?" ... and you have no idea what the hell he's talking about ...

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Jim Kleiber • Edited

This! I was studying electrical engineering at college when I did a study abroad in Costa Rica. My host mom had a radio that was broken and asked me to fix it, "You're an electrical engineer, right? (in Spanish)." When I got back to the US, I quit electrical engineering lol.

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Darren Fuller

So much this. Especially as it normally leads to me being asked to fix other stuff like heating systems because “they’re like computers right”

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Eric Sundquist

Yes! It's like going to a restaurant and asking them to make you a grocery list