<![CDATA[Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience."]]>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 šŸ˜‚ it's absolutely true of me. It's absolutely true.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/a8a346a5-d53d-4011-83a3-76613304a86d/was-just-reminded-that-the-last-paper-rejection-i-got-included-a-reviewer-comment-too-much-psychology-for-a-software-engineer-audience.RSS for NodeSat, 11 Apr 2026 17:35:55 GMTFri, 03 Apr 2026 16:25:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:52:21 GMT]]>@grimalkina Iā€™m quite convinced that software engineers welcome a variety of points of view, thanks

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/GuillaumeRossolini/statuses/116344877350973617https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/GuillaumeRossolini/statuses/116344877350973617Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:52:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:26:23 GMT]]>@davebauerart There is! https://nedbatchelder.com/text/key23 I hope you like it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/nedbat/statuses/116343831519124394https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/nedbat/statuses/116343831519124394Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:26:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:31:43 GMT]]>@nedbat Oh what was that called, I need to watch it (is there a video?)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davebauerart/statuses/116343616534044776https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davebauerart/statuses/116343616534044776Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:31:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:30:45 GMT]]>@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".

not the truth prevails here, but what sounds good in some pitch meeting.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://brot.eus/objects/556ca563-04d0-472a-88cb-a0f4e78d5973https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://brot.eus/objects/556ca563-04d0-472a-88cb-a0f4e78d5973Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:30:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:22:16 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grimalkina/statuses/116343343431363643https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grimalkina/statuses/116343343431363643Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:22:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:49:14 GMT]]>@grimalkina I did a whole PyCon keynote that was 90% psychology (and 10% typesetting history).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/nedbat/statuses/116342505767765353https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/nedbat/statuses/116342505767765353Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:49:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:40:19 GMT]]>@grimalkina "You get the amount you need, not the amount you want."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cafe/users/bjoreman/statuses/116342470736355766https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.cafe/users/bjoreman/statuses/116342470736355766Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:40:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:38:37 GMT]]>@grimalkina Put it on the book jacket. Only half joking šŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/adrianh/statuses/116342464052644257https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/adrianh/statuses/116342464052644257Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:38:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:57:19 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/internic/statuses/116342301608353975https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/internic/statuses/116342301608353975Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:57:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:19:43 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/drgroftehauge/statuses/116342153749307350https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sigmoid.social/users/drgroftehauge/statuses/116342153749307350Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:19:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:07:22 GMT]]>@grimalkina @KingmaYpe for sure. Hero culture.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116342105224388808https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116342105224388808Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:07:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:07:12 GMT]]>@grimalkina smells a lot like "too political".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/kevingranade/statuses/116342104577828699https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/kevingranade/statuses/116342104577828699Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:07:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:46:08 GMT]]>@grimalkina (remind me to encourage you to come to next year šŸ˜‚)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/chrisjrn/statuses/116342021719212724https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/chrisjrn/statuses/116342021719212724Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:46:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:36:49 GMT]]>@grimalkina I write code. I lace my code and READMEs with ā€˜psychologicalā€™ commentary. Lately it has been stuff about how, no, it is not Rā·RS Scheme that is reactionary, it is Rā¶RS Scheme that was reactionary, because it rejected the SRFIs. I actually stick this stuff in my libraries because I think it explains a lot.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/chemoelectric/statuses/116341985104074977https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/chemoelectric/statuses/116341985104074977Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:36:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:32:34 GMT]]>@grimalkina In fundamental physics you cannot find quality stuff at all in the ā€˜eliteā€™ journals. There they publish only utter nonsense.

(Iā€™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!)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/chemoelectric/statuses/116341968376259531https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/chemoelectric/statuses/116341968376259531Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:32:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:30:23 GMT]]>@grimalkina
I suppose I spent many years thinking software dev was pure tech. I was quite mistaken .... and still prefer the tech bits.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RonJeffries/statuses/116341959773784965https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RonJeffries/statuses/116341959773784965Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:30:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:27:51 GMT]]>@grimalkina ā€œPlease do not bring introspection to this audience. They do not want to think about the ramifications of their work.ā€

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/paco/statuses/116341949798448497https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/paco/statuses/116341949798448497Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:27:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:26:44 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grimalkina/statuses/116341945450645370https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grimalkina/statuses/116341945450645370Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:26:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:11:30 GMT]]>@grimalkina Maybe the stuff is too good for the journals.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/chemoelectric/statuses/116341885511143099https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/chemoelectric/statuses/116341885511143099Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:11:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:49:39 GMT]]>@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?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mahryekuh/statuses/116341799590303968https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mahryekuh/statuses/116341799590303968Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:49:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:47:54 GMT]]>@mahryekuh @grimalkina You say that, but thereā€™s a lot is psychology in certain game companies and itā€™s used for a lot of evil.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.ainmosni.eu/users/ainmosni/statuses/01KNA3WYKMWBZMNV68RAK8RCNFhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.ainmosni.eu/users/ainmosni/statuses/01KNA3WYKMWBZMNV68RAK8RCNFFri, 03 Apr 2026 16:47:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:44:17 GMT]]>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:

https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2026/03/16/why-frontends-fail-when-you-approach-them-like-a-backend/

(Link posted with @grimalkina's permission.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mahryekuh/statuses/116341778523900161https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mahryekuh/statuses/116341778523900161Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:44:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:43:48 GMT]]>@grimalkina

"too phycho for tech"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floss.social/users/doctormo/statuses/116341776634712796https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floss.social/users/doctormo/statuses/116341776634712796Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:43:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Was just reminded that the last paper rejection I got included a reviewer comment: "too much psychology for a software engineer audience." on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:38:17 GMT]]>@KingmaYpe that's true....I do think there's a lot of distress overtolerance in tech

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grimalkina/statuses/116341754948338583https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grimalkina/statuses/116341754948338583Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:38:17 GMT