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Discussion on: Web developers and Cognitive Biases

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Marcelloh

You introduced another bias :-)
It's not only the "Webdeveloper" who suffers from these side-effects, just use "Developer" and you're more right than ever.

Another one for you, which I encounter a lot because I'm a Principal Engineer: Because he has more experience, he must be right. (But then they forget I'm also a human). It will cause the one with an idea to shut up, afraid of having a "stupid" idea.

And another one. I won't ask my question, because they might think that I don't understand it yet (... or think I'm stupid). But the truth is, that you should not be afraid to ask a question about something you don't understand, because then you learn. People can't read minds, so speak up and let us give you our wisdom, so that you can be a more valuable team-member.

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Rajasegar Chandran • Edited

Yes, that's definitely some narrow-minded thinking from my part. Apologies. I agree with you on the "Developer" label, but I think it would be great if we don't target a particular set of people for these thinking errors. I think these biases applies to all human beings as a whole.