Why are developers some of the most IT inept users?

That has always puzzled me too. My partner is a dev and is extremely competent, but some of the worst users of all are devs. One of the most memorable is requesting a developer to go to the command line in Windows and the person having no idea what I was talking about. Getting them to find and provide their local IP address was beyond frustrating, as they also did not know what an IP address was.

I’ve also done way more troubleshooting of dev code in my day than anyone who is not an actual programmer should ever have to do.

And no, the “can’t open the command line” dev was not junior; he had at least 10 years of experience, and this was well before coding bootcamps became a thing.

Some devs are just no better than regular end users. I’d say about 60% or so.

It is funny in that thread how many devs are like, “I should be able to use my specialized tool used by three people only and never security audited because if not I am being oppressed!”

Like, get over yourself. If I allowed every dev to use their shit-level “necessary” tool, we’d have more Chinese malware than Windows XP pre-SP2 put on the open web.

There’s a reason security exists, and almost no dev gives a crap about that.