Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience."
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@grimalkina Imagine if we had more psychology in software engineering… that would solve so many issues.
One of the problems that would be solved is website usability, as that requires some knowledge of the human mind.
I recently wrote about that in this article:
(Link posted with @grimalkina's permission.)
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@grimalkina Imagine if we had more psychology in software engineering… that would solve so many issues.
@mahryekuh @grimalkina You say that, but there’s a lot is psychology in certain game companies and it’s used for a lot of evil.
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@mahryekuh @grimalkina You say that, but there’s a lot is psychology in certain game companies and it’s used for a lot of evil.
@ainmosni @grimalkina Do you mean addictive patterns?
Because I didn't even think about that, but that's definitely a real problem.
Same with addictive social media timelines.
Guess Big Tech is better at using psychology for evil than for good?
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Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience."
Feels like it should maybe be a new bio quote
it's absolutely true of me. It's absolutely true.@grimalkina Maybe the stuff is too good for the journals.
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@grimalkina Maybe the stuff is too good for the journals.
@chemoelectric backalley open access preprints you can quietly give your friends is where my best work is, truly. I think the highest quality work and writing I've done is contained in these preprints
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Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience."
Feels like it should maybe be a new bio quote
it's absolutely true of me. It's absolutely true.@grimalkina “Please do not bring introspection to this audience. They do not want to think about the ramifications of their work.”
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Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience."
Feels like it should maybe be a new bio quote
it's absolutely true of me. It's absolutely true.@grimalkina
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@chemoelectric backalley open access preprints you can quietly give your friends is where my best work is, truly. I think the highest quality work and writing I've done is contained in these preprints
@grimalkina In fundamental physics you cannot find quality stuff at all in the ‘elite’ journals. There they publish only utter nonsense.
(I’m not a physicist, thank goodness. A retired computer programmer with an engineering education, but who dabbles in a few physics topics without publishing except from a soapbox. But I do subscribe to the ACM Digital Library!)
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@grimalkina In fundamental physics you cannot find quality stuff at all in the ‘elite’ journals. There they publish only utter nonsense.
(I’m not a physicist, thank goodness. A retired computer programmer with an engineering education, but who dabbles in a few physics topics without publishing except from a soapbox. But I do subscribe to the ACM Digital Library!)
@grimalkina I write code. I lace my code and READMEs with ‘psychological’ commentary. Lately it has been stuff about how, no, it is not R⁷RS Scheme that is reactionary, it is R⁶RS Scheme that was reactionary, because it rejected the SRFIs. I actually stick this stuff in my libraries because I think it explains a lot.
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Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience."
Feels like it should maybe be a new bio quote
it's absolutely true of me. It's absolutely true.@grimalkina (remind me to encourage you to come to #NBPy next year
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Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience."
Feels like it should maybe be a new bio quote
it's absolutely true of me. It's absolutely true.@grimalkina smells a lot like "too political".
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@KingmaYpe that's true....I do think there's a lot of distress overtolerance in tech
@grimalkina @KingmaYpe for sure. Hero culture.
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Journal review idea: you come with me to a tech conference and listen to just one hour of my personal hallway track then we'll see what work you think matters!!!!!!!!
@grimalkina I have a wonderful image in my mind of you with a tour guide hat and flag on a stick, showing psychologists around a conference. Half tour guide half David Attenborough maybe.
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Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience."
Feels like it should maybe be a new bio quote
it's absolutely true of me. It's absolutely true.@grimalkina I think software engineers underrate how often they are actually talking about psychology (or human behavioral science more generally). In my experience, it's a pretty significant proportion of the time.
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Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience."
Feels like it should maybe be a new bio quote
it's absolutely true of me. It's absolutely true.@grimalkina Put it on the book jacket. Only half joking
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Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience."
Feels like it should maybe be a new bio quote
it's absolutely true of me. It's absolutely true.@grimalkina "You get the amount you need, not the amount you want."
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Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience."
Feels like it should maybe be a new bio quote
it's absolutely true of me. It's absolutely true.@grimalkina I did a whole PyCon keynote that was 90% psychology (and 10% typesetting history).
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@oscarjiminy @mahryekuh @ainmosni those are usually far less psych and far more pseudoscience to be honest. Plenty to blame UX for, and UX isn't psych.
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@oscarjiminy @mahryekuh @ainmosni those are usually far less psych and far more pseudoscience to be honest. Plenty to blame UX for, and UX isn't psych.
@grimalkina @oscarjiminy @mahryekuh @ainmosni friend worked at a newspaper in customer handling.
they had to do a 3 days course to "learn how to sell". it was by some pseudo science guru who sold "psychology".
the gist was every human is one of 4 animals (whales, sharks, owls, and dolphins).
screenshot of the website machine translated for laughs added. (original german side: https://www.tobias-beck.com/persoenlichkeitstest/)
studies? 0. sources? 0. any empiric approach? nah.
it is "trust me bro" and "customers who trust us".
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@grimalkina I did a whole PyCon keynote that was 90% psychology (and 10% typesetting history).
@nedbat Oh what was that called, I need to watch it (is there a video?)
