As someone who spends time programming, I of course find myself in conversations with people who aren’t as familiar with it. It doesn’t happen all the time, but these discussions can lead to people coming up with some pretty wild misconceptions about what programming is and what programmers do.

  • I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. So, I thought it would be interesting to ask.
  • huginn@feddit.it
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    8 months ago

    It’s fair to point out that not all development is Internet connected, but ~58% of developers work in web dev.

    5% in desktop apps

    3% in mobile

    2.4% in embedded

    And then of the remaining I’d be shocked if few of their domains excluded Internet facing devices.

    https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#section-developer-roles-developer-type

    But you’re right to point out development isn’t a monolith. Professionally though: anyone working in a field where cybersecurity is a concern should be thinking about and knowledgeable of cybersec.

    • Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 months ago

      I didn’t realize just how siloed my perspective may be haha, I appreciate the statistics. I’ll agree that cyber security is a concern in general, and honestly everyone I know in industry has at least a moderate knowledge of basic cyber security concepts. Even in embedded, processes are evolving for safety critical code.