> It's funny. It really took me committing something to some open project to realize that all those programmers out there are actually all people like me.
My experience has been very similar. It's like I knew this intellectually, but it took me actually contributing to really internalise, get over the apprehension and realise that we are all just people.
Your comment also makes me think about all those years ago when I started commenting on online forums and how intimidating yet exciting it was for me to do so, even under a pseudonym. Putting one's self out there to strangers online as so many routinely do nowadays was not something that came naturally to me. It certainly seems to be coming more naturally to many of the younger generations now though.
My experience has been very similar. It's like I knew this intellectually, but it took me actually contributing to really internalise, get over the apprehension and realise that we are all just people.
Your comment also makes me think about all those years ago when I started commenting on online forums and how intimidating yet exciting it was for me to do so, even under a pseudonym. Putting one's self out there to strangers online as so many routinely do nowadays was not something that came naturally to me. It certainly seems to be coming more naturally to many of the younger generations now though.