[snoutie]

I don't see this that critically. Joe Schmoe and Programmmer Paul live in two different worlds. Joe might be into finace where I don't care about how anything is calculated so long as the right amount is in my bank account by the end of the month. Maybe they use a fancy excel sheet or SAP-FI or whatever.

I don't think that the missing interest in either topics is particulary demoralizing.

But on a different note: it is demoralizing when you need to cooperate with that other world, when Paul needs to create that program in sap for the calculations and Joe does not care for the inner workings or Paul for the formulas. That makes communication so much harder.

[lucideer]

> Joe Schmoe and Programmmer Paul live in two different worlds

This is essentially the problem: the driving of the world to extremes. Joe's & Paul's worlds are demarcated by the systems they operate in. Their knowledge is not only limited by their primary areas of interest but by what's made evident to them through their daily interactions.

As an individual Paul may have zero interest in "Joe's world" & Joe may individually have less than zero interest in what solvers are operating in Factorio, but those are individual stories, not generalities. When you're generalising about people you're looking at a spectrum of interest within which you need to acknowledge that (a) programmers are humans who use tools too: DX isn't the only area that needs to cater to programmers, they also use Spotify & banking apps & play games just like everyone else. And (b), similarly there's a million Joes out there who will never write a line of code but still possess a technical interest that goes beyond wilful ignorance.