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Re: why blame the programmers??

I, being the ONE programmer on our team, know your pain. There are three main reasons why people love to pick off programmers.
1. Code isn't physical, aka nobody can see you fix it, and nobody except for programmers can fix it.
2. Unknown Logic, Many non-programmers think that programming is VERY simple so when something goes wrong, they think that it is "just an easy fix" (probably not)
3. Strength in numbers, It is easy to blame 1 or 2 people then a whole mechanical section, or electrical section.

It is really too bad programmers are placed in this situation, i mean, they're just as important as any other section of a team.
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