For a long time I thought #programmers were unusually egocentric and annoying in our obsession with our own trade and tools: we dedicate inordinate attention to designing, rewriting and tweaking libraries, frameworks, plugins, etc _for our own, and our peers', usage_.

But most recently, I've realised that #journalists also love to discuss and criticise the #media; #musicians often write and sing about #songs and other #artists; so many #economists seem focused on #Economics and its tools (as opposed to their object of study); etc.

Perhaps we #technologists are not so unique after all…