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There are no technical problems

Purely technical problems are as rare as unicorns.

“Developers dream of avoiding people problems, and focusing on purely technical problems.”

Sound familiar?

The only trouble with this dream is that it’s about as reaslitic as wishing for a unicorn for your birthday.

There’s no such thing as a purely technical problem.

Every problem we ever face or try to solve grows out of a people problem.

And the best software developers embrace this reality.

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