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The Stress Of Being A Computer Programmer Is Driving Many Of Them Crazy (businessinsider.com.au)
5 points by freakadelic on March 16, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


The linked article shows once again that Business Insider will print anything. The article begins by describing impostor syndrome, the idea that people sometimes believe they're not really what their title says, and then abruptly segues into real programmer syndrome, which suggests the opposite (that, contrary to all external indicators, some people are the real thing). By linking the two topics, the article tries to identify all programmers as one or the other, but without bothering to distinguish between them in any meaningful way. Then, to betray its trivial intent, the article begins to quote psychologists.




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