How To Annoy A Software Engineer in 3 Easy Steps
Tread softly, fellow office dwellers, lest you incur our mighty wrath!
We’re a delicate tribe us software engineers, and tend to have a number of nuances that set us apart from the rest of society. We have a signature sartorial look, for example, and particularly odd preferences when it comes to food and drink, at least for the most part.
Above all, though, it’s our love of technology for technology’s sake, a love of semantic understanding, a desire to figure things out that really leaves us standing apart somewhat akin to the last ones being picked out for any kind of team based sport at school.
Alas, this love of technology can be a double-edged sword — most especially when you accidentally encounter our wrath without even realising it.
1. Vision On
One of the most important tools for any software engineer, except those in UI design, naturally¹, are our screens.
Of course, this has always been an incessant cause of annoyance as management has, since time immemorial, been of the opinion that no-one should ever require resolution larger than VGA or screen dimensions of more than 12 inches.
