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What are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk? (programming.dev)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The misconception that we’re the person to go to to fix your printer…

..I mean we probably can fix it, but it’s a waste of our time…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

10% of my ability to fix your computer is because I know the issue

90% is that I don't panic at error messages and I know how to use a search engine