One of the most frustrating aspects of working in the IT industry (if you're normal like me) is dealing with arrogant programmers, which unfortunately comprise at least 70% of the programming population. Somehow they get it into their geeky big heads that they are superior to the rest of the human race, smarter even, and behave accordingly. Grrrr, you just want to smack them.
Here's an article, from a genuinely smart programmer, which explains the phenomenon, graph included.
http://blog.ruslans.com/2010/01/programmers-arrogance-plotted.html
Monday, March 15, 2010
Programmer Arrogance, Measured