Spoiler: Anecdotal, Borderline Narcisstic
@Ucfmikes likes to make fun of me because I'm an engineer who moved to IT, but to take his point, if there is one universal constant in any profession, it's that when a supermajority of a profession think you're stupid, you're likely on the cusp of major change.
E.g., In my case, I've been using GNU/Linux since 1992, and supporting it professionally since 1995, along with other community developments, and pretty much my primary role since 1999. I'm used to being called an idiot for not being in the majority. In fact, I now kinda enjoy it when people call me an idiot in IT, not knowing who I am ... and then finding out via someone else, especially after they've insulted me and I've just smiled.
I always got a kick out of the days in Red Hat where I'd be talking to someone, one of my bosses (who had a 6 digit employee number, when I had a 4 digit), would come over, and ask me who I was just talking to. They used to sh-- bricks when they found out who I had been working with for 20+ years, since the '90s, before I was ever an employee.
@Ucfmikes likes to make fun of me because I'm an engineer who moved to IT, but to take his point, if there is one universal constant in any profession, it's that when a supermajority of a profession think you're stupid, you're likely on the cusp of major change.
E.g., In my case, I've been using GNU/Linux since 1992, and supporting it professionally since 1995, along with other community developments, and pretty much my primary role since 1999. I'm used to being called an idiot for not being in the majority. In fact, I now kinda enjoy it when people call me an idiot in IT, not knowing who I am ... and then finding out via someone else, especially after they've insulted me and I've just smiled.
I always got a kick out of the days in Red Hat where I'd be talking to someone, one of my bosses (who had a 6 digit employee number, when I had a 4 digit), would come over, and ask me who I was just talking to. They used to sh-- bricks when they found out who I had been working with for 20+ years, since the '90s, before I was ever an employee.
