What are the craziest misconceptions you’ve heard about programming from people not familiar with it?

Gianni R@lemmy.ml to Programming@programming.dev – 114 points –

As someone who spends time programming, I of course find myself in conversations with people who aren't as familiar with it. It doesn't happen all the time, but these discussions can lead to people coming up with some pretty wild misconceptions about what programming is and what programmers do.

  • I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences. So, I thought it would be interesting to ask.
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As always, there is an XKCD for that.

The example given in the comic has moved from one category to the other. Determining whether an image contains a bird is a fairly simple "two hour" task now.

Plot twist: The woman in the comic is Fei-Fei Li, she got the research team and five years and succeeded 🤯

Well that's after thousands of people and 100s of millions in money