-- Easy maintenance. They need food and cuddles, but they don't need to be let out to potty ten times a day or require excess walks.
-- They have a remarkably complicated inner life. This appeals to creative types, who also often have a lot going on mentally.
-- They are conducive to the lifestyle, apart from wanting to stand on my keyboard. They will sit in the cat tree or on my lap for a long time, just wanting to be near. They will remind you when it's time to stand up and stretch.
Indeed. Cats and dogs are part of endless marketing materials for a reason. They're as generic appeal as it goes (something something everyone loves babies)
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Why do programmers like cats so much?
-- Easy maintenance. They need food and cuddles, but they don't need to be let out to potty ten times a day or require excess walks.
-- They have a remarkably complicated inner life. This appeals to creative types, who also often have a lot going on mentally.
-- They are conducive to the lifestyle, apart from wanting to stand on my keyboard. They will sit in the cat tree or on my lap for a long time, just wanting to be near. They will remind you when it's time to stand up and stretch.
The null hypothesis here is that everybody likes cats.
Indeed. Cats and dogs are part of endless marketing materials for a reason. They're as generic appeal as it goes (something something everyone loves babies)