More work observations

• I know I've been talking about the differences between consultants and programmers a while back, but maybe the differences between managers and the rest are more funny. For example managers are good at patting their people on the backs. In fact they're so good at it, they they pride themselves on it, even to the point where they get competitive with other managers who can get the best compliments down, who can do it the fastest, who can do it with the most fervour, etc...
• Consultants and managers look down on their computers. That's why they never (take the time to) use a separate screen for their laptops. A computer is a tool, something to be used as a means to an end. This also means they look down as a natural posture. If they're tall from the outset, that's fine, but it looks rather funny if they are smallish.
• Programmers look up to their computers. Programmers take the time to put laptops on a pedestal (or in this case, a desk riser), or to use a proper, bigger separate screen. They always look up or straight. Of course, seeing they spend a huge amount of time behind their computers, they have to do all this, lest they get all kinds of physical complaints. To them the computer is their friend, a pal. Some even give computers first names.
  

This is why consultants look down on programmers.