I know that this is an unpopular opinion among programmers but all professions have roles that range from small skills sets and little cognitive abilities to large skill sets and high level cognitive abilities.

I am kind of surprised that is an unpopular opinion. I figure there is a reason we compensate people for jobs. Pay people to do stuff you cannot, or do not have the time to do, yourself. And for almost every job there is probably something that is way harder than it looks from the outside. I am not the most worldly of people but I've figured that out by just trying different skills and existing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Programmers like to think that programming is a special profession which only super smart people can do. There's a reluctance to admit that there are smart people in other professions.

[–] andioop 1 points 1 week ago

Luckily I have not met any programmer like that yet, let's keep our fingers crossed.

I'm willing to believe the bar to pass to be a successful programmer requires a certain level of problem-solving skill and intelligence; but that doesn't mean no other profession has smart people. I'd imagine lots of other professions have a similar bar to pass, and even ones with lower bars to pass to succeed in that profession probably still have their prodigies and geniuses.