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This is how I feel about "systems" programming. 99% (or more) isn't hard, we just make it very hard to learn. I've written a couple of (internal @ work) tutorials on things that are considered hard and it turns out that anyone can do them after reading a short document.
There's *a lot* of gatekeeping in "systems", much more than in front-end & UX. Lots of people seem invested in how hardcore their work is, make a big deal about how hard it is to learn, etc. But I think it's actually not hard? Or at least no harder than less "hardcore" areas.
there seems to be such an incentive for making a topic appear difficult (and therefore valuable/prestigious) in a business setting. i’m sure you’ve experienced the same how do we counter-incentivize that?
It’s not harder. It is different. It’s deeper but not as wide. Its gates exist because it has more history. The body of established knowledge is larger. And, over time, it all converges.
I see this mentality coooonstantly in a programming community for helping beginners. Everyone thinks that by learning C or C++ they're getting some kind of medal of honor for doing something "harder" than other languages.
I don't think gatekeeping is relative to how difficult the field is to master. I think its more a question of how much time you spend working with people in other fields.
Pfft system programmers don't even know what +!+[] is
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