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Probably be more aptly called the "elevator operator fallacy".

The elevator operator ensures the safety and security of the passengers, makes sure the elevator is properly maintained and assists the elderly and disabled along with numerous other important tasks.

People believe the elevator operator is only responsible for operating the actuating lever and mistakenly believe they can be automated away without fully understanding their full value to the operations of elevators.



Is the implication that, just as all elevator operators have been replaced and are not missed, the same will happen to all programmers?


That said; we don’t have elevator operators anymore, and we get along just fine. I don’t miss them.




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