On: Just Don't Hire 0x Engineers

[Retra]

I don't know why you think missing exits is in any way indicative of someone's intelligence. I've missed plenty of exits, and let me inform you of something: it's not a big deal. Like, at all.

You know what stupid is? It's focusing on things that are not a big deal.

[npizzolato → Retra]

It's indicative of not paying attention to your surroundings, which, when you're piloting a 4000 lb hunk of metal, could be considered a stupid thing to do.

[hyperpape → npizzolato]

You're rationalizing. My wife misses exits constantly, but she does it safely--she's paying attention to the cars around her, but following a habitual route to some other place.

[beat → Retra]

Many of the smartest people I know are constantly focusing on things that are not a big deal. Selective attention is a danger of high intelligence.

[d23 → Retra]

It's kind of a key component of navigating oneself to a place.

[Retra → d23]

It's never stopped me from getting anywhere, so that would suggest you're completely wrong about that.

[d23 → Retra]

"Not knowing how an if statement works never stopped me from programming anything, so that would suggest it must have nothing to do with programming."

[Retra → d23]

If would not be a key component of programming if it were not necessary for the task.