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> Doesn't add up. You're a programmer, write a script if it bothers you?

It does add up. "I'm a programmer" doesn't mean "I want to program every little thing in my life". I want to be not a programmer for a significant portion of my life.

You don't expect a surgeon to perform surgeries all the time, do you?

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No but it's a lot like saying "I'm a mechanic but it's too much of a burden for me to change my own oil or tires." I probably wouldn't use your services.

"I'm a surgeon, but it's too much of a burden for me to perform surgery on myself". I probably wouldn't use your services.

See how stupid it sounds?

It sounds stupid because that analogy doesn’t work. A surgeon can’t properly do most kinds of surgery on themselves, some are down right impossible. There’s nothing a mechanic can’t do to their car that they can’t do for their costumers.

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