Artists value "originality"
From what I have seen over the past thirty years, the vast majority of programmers are generally not interested in "originality". They might even challenge the very notion that software can be "original"; certainly I've seen this perspective in HN comments over the years. These programmers are eager to copy and may even pride themselves on fast they can do it ("implement" a preexisting idea used by someone else)
Even more, culturally, these programmers are generally not fond of other programmers who operate in their own, "original" way. There is a gross amount of peer pressure to conform to "convention" for lack a better term. By and large, they conform; independent thinking is not popular
There are a small number of programmers who elevate programming to an art form. But this is not the majority and these individuals are not representative of programmer behaviour in general
NB. I'm not arguing for or against orginality, utilitarianism, etc. Everything has its proper place. I'm just drawing attention to a frequent difference between programmers and artists
From what I have seen over the past thirty years, the vast majority of programmers are generally not interested in "originality". They might even challenge the very notion that software can be "original"; certainly I've seen this perspective in HN comments over the years. These programmers are eager to copy and may even pride themselves on fast they can do it ("implement" a preexisting idea used by someone else)
Even more, culturally, these programmers are generally not fond of other programmers who operate in their own, "original" way. There is a gross amount of peer pressure to conform to "convention" for lack a better term. By and large, they conform; independent thinking is not popular
There are a small number of programmers who elevate programming to an art form. But this is not the majority and these individuals are not representative of programmer behaviour in general
NB. I'm not arguing for or against orginality, utilitarianism, etc. Everything has its proper place. I'm just drawing attention to a frequent difference between programmers and artists