Who is a Hard Techie?
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 5:35 am
It is believed that a liberal arts education is not of fundamental importance for IT specialists. This opinion is wrong. Senior lecturer at the iSpring Institute Mikhail Popov told what the "humanities" can give to professionals with a technical profile.
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Probably, everyone has met a person with the “hard techie” personality type in their life. As a rule, this is a successful graduate of a technical university who works in IT. Such people tend to show a higher argentina whatsapp number data than average level of snobbery in their relationships with the outside world, because they consider their skills and specialized education to be the solution to all problems and challenges in life.
Viewing the world and one's place in it through the prism of professional superiority is a common phenomenon. Professionals in any field are subject to this syndrome. For example, translators from rare languages, artists, doctors, engineers or highly qualified builders.
The reason for this phenomenon among techies with an IT profile is clear. The world is becoming one big semi-digital space. Therefore, the role of professionals involved in the formation of digital reality is growing.
This process, apparently, is not going to slow down. However, a paradox arises here: the deeper IT solutions penetrate into the life of society, the more IT specialists need humanitarian knowledge. Below we will tell you why we are so sure of this.
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Probably, everyone has met a person with the “hard techie” personality type in their life. As a rule, this is a successful graduate of a technical university who works in IT. Such people tend to show a higher argentina whatsapp number data than average level of snobbery in their relationships with the outside world, because they consider their skills and specialized education to be the solution to all problems and challenges in life.
Viewing the world and one's place in it through the prism of professional superiority is a common phenomenon. Professionals in any field are subject to this syndrome. For example, translators from rare languages, artists, doctors, engineers or highly qualified builders.
The reason for this phenomenon among techies with an IT profile is clear. The world is becoming one big semi-digital space. Therefore, the role of professionals involved in the formation of digital reality is growing.
This process, apparently, is not going to slow down. However, a paradox arises here: the deeper IT solutions penetrate into the life of society, the more IT specialists need humanitarian knowledge. Below we will tell you why we are so sure of this.