I just now realized that the majority of technical/programming advice is exactly the same as financial advice.
Should this make me more compassionate towards those who continue to value financial advisors (at least as far as the mass media variety are concerned)?
(in case the comparison isn't obvious, it lies in the inherent variability and the essentially random nature of the two disciplines. one's advice will (may) apply in a certain percentage of cases, but those cases may or may not constitute a majority of cases that will be experienced by potential absorbers of the advice. the more confidently the completely arbitrary opinion is presented, the more successful the business venture (the business of advice peddling) will be, regardless of the inherent "accuracy" of the advice. in other words, it's all self-fulfilling bullshite.)
the two are the
exact
same
thing.
save for the details of course.
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