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Adnan Babakan (he/him)
Adnan Babakan (he/him)

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What is the most difficult thing to explain to a non-dev?

Hey there DEV.to community!

I thought it might be a good discussion case to ask you what is the most diffult aspect of prorgamming or programming related things to explain to a non-dev that you have encountered?

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Marco Damaceno • • Edited
  • What do you do?
  • I'm a programmer. (me)
  • What is a programmer?
  • A person who makes software? (me)
  • Software?
  • Yes, a program that computers run. (me)
  • Can you fix my phone/facebook/laptop/instagram?
  • ... (me)
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Adnan Babakan (he/him) •

This is one of the most common ones and yet one of the most legendary ones. LOL

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Ghost •

How broad and complex it is, knowing how to code is as vague as knowing how to build "stuff".

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That I don't know how to fix their Windows PC (I don't use Windows) nor their iPhone and that I have no clue about Twitter, Facebook and stuff like that. Any technical knowledge will help to understand faster any of those but still doesn't mean I can instantly know how to work with them.

I guess is not exclusive to code tho, I'm an engineer so for years that made me immediately expert in bridges, I'm not THAT kind of engineer :D

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Jacob Baker •

Why I can’t just do a list of chores when I work from home 😢

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Ian Rathbone •

Why things take so long to do