Comment Stress and Technology (Score 1) 556
Does technology cause stress? No. People, specifically managers, and their unrealistic expectations from swallowing too much marketing hype and lies, THIS causes stress.
The stress, I think, is more from a complete lack of comprehension. Since everything in a computer happens "under the surface", they have no way of comprehending or appreciating what is happening, so they tend to believe in magic and gain blind faith in the technology, software, whatever.
So when something goes wrong, and there is nothing for them to "look at", or the expectation that "it'll be done in no time" isn't fulfilled, the person using the technology is blamed rather than the defective piece of c**p.
This from a 10 years veteran of computer programming and software development.
The stress, I think, is more from a complete lack of comprehension. Since everything in a computer happens "under the surface", they have no way of comprehending or appreciating what is happening, so they tend to believe in magic and gain blind faith in the technology, software, whatever.
So when something goes wrong, and there is nothing for them to "look at", or the expectation that "it'll be done in no time" isn't fulfilled, the person using the technology is blamed rather than the defective piece of c**p.
This from a 10 years veteran of computer programming and software development.
