Developer Arrogance and Ego

What a weirdly insulting straw man of a developer you set up. Many engineers including myself would be thrilled to have somebody else highly skilled around, and "selfish/vain" isn't the default in our industry.

Developers and engineers in general develop an ego with time. They take pride in their work and are very protective of it. They also relish the petty mistakes that others make and scoff at them - 'pfft I could have used X instead of Y to do Z. Who uses Y anymore !?'.For example, you can find this behavior when someone posts something about problem X and there is a minor grammatical mistake or an opinion that is expressed in the post that is unconventional. The comments section will zero in o

That is not a senior developer, developer or even technology specific issue. You can experience immature egotistical indifference in any job. "Senior" developers who act like that are "senior" in title only.

"WE technologists","it's well-known that WE","answer to arrogant non-technical forces","forced","miserable working lives","half-decent money","what WE have to deal with","non-technical Who-The-Fuck-Knows","We have the talent to stop the world if WE want to do so","WE do to win back","rightfully ours","restore OUR industry","WE answer only to our own","WE do to SHAME...out of existence","phony startups".How about you start showing some respect for other people's work?We have something called D

There are lots of experiences that are very specific to technical people.These experiences are not easily communicated.It's possible that we all go through similar quirky experiences that yield absurd and seemingly arrogant behavior because of these particular intracicies of working so closely with machines. It's also nice to have personal privacy when we know we are responsible for so much data and information about people.It's possible that this winds up looking like ar

This seems to be a common trend in the business world. Brilliant engineer/visionary offends coworkers with (perhaps deserved) criticism in an insensitive manner and the company flounders. It's only when said engineer/visionary learns to act more tactfully that the company flourishes.

I was talking about the arrogance of software engineers when they describe what they do. Look at me the smartest smart guy doing things that scare "mere mortals". Give me a break and get over yourself.

"The understanding that they represent their employer and that people are relying on them" - Most developers have huge, inflated egos."A compassionate, helpful, and courteous attitude" - See above."The knowledge of whatever their supporting" - An understanding of the technical side of a product is vastly different from the functional side as its easy for a developer to say "This is sample. You hit X, then Y then select Z and find Q" which does not translate in any way to a client understan

You need to be fairly smart to be in tech. People who grew up smart and were told they were tend to view it as part of their self worth. If someone disagrees with this person later on, their self with has been attacked so of course they are going to lash out.The worst thing you can say to a dev is they are wrong. Most will do everything in their power to prove otherwise, even on the dumbest of topics.

I can understand how this conclusion is reached, but I would position that it's less about the specific skill in any given subject and more just about a person's own perception of what is and is not appropriate for interpersonal actions. I know a lot of incredibly smart and gifted people in the programming sphere who are the most gregarious and kind persons you might ever meet, ready to help on just about any problem they're able to -- I've also met the types you're ment