Is Facial Hair a Requirement?
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knowledge of programming is important, yes. u know at least what a database is, right? u design classes, multithread, make good use of callbacks... u even write tests [and use mocks :)]... but do u have a beard...? all the great books and pioneers in software [in fact, most engineers i know from other disciplines] seem to sport some kind of facial hair- style and type not being that important... and most developers i know can't be bothered to shave every day [i definitely can't stand the habit]... but then u got the marketing guys/gals.. and they seem to have time to shave every day [or at least prefer a clean face] and all the images they present with developers show them with a clean mug- but that can't be accurate.. or is it? ::light hearted:: how stereotyped is the image of the bearded engineer?
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Trollslayer wrote:
Guess!
50 years ago, women may actually have had a micro beard. These days, with all the laser technology available, I guess the answer would be "no, today's women do not have facial hair" :-)
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I'm guessing you do have a beard ;P
Bert [Otherside82] Derijckere wrote:
I'm guessing you do have a beard
Women do have facial hair, just that the growth is too small to be noticeable.
Regards, Nish
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knowledge of programming is important, yes. u know at least what a database is, right? u design classes, multithread, make good use of callbacks... u even write tests [and use mocks :)]... but do u have a beard...? all the great books and pioneers in software [in fact, most engineers i know from other disciplines] seem to sport some kind of facial hair- style and type not being that important... and most developers i know can't be bothered to shave every day [i definitely can't stand the habit]... but then u got the marketing guys/gals.. and they seem to have time to shave every day [or at least prefer a clean face] and all the images they present with developers show them with a clean mug- but that can't be accurate.. or is it? ::light hearted:: how stereotyped is the image of the bearded engineer?
<>< :: have the courage to use your own reason
...Engineers would ride. OT: I think the topic matches your screen name perfectly.
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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digital man wrote:
Never trust a man with a beard: he's got something to hide.
Yes, pimples and paleness, what else?
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Yes, but suspenders are optional, at least until you master Unix development.
"...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
I'm safe then. I've just about forgotten everything I knew about Unix. ;)
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I'm safe then. I've just about forgotten everything I knew about Unix. ;)
Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
I've just about forgotten everything I knew about Unix.
Don't they guard the Harem?
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...Engineers would ride. OT: I think the topic matches your screen name perfectly.
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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At my work place where there are 13 developers there are only 2 people with a beard (one of them me) And 2 friends who are also developers have started to grow a little beard after a while. So I don't know, maybe the bearded developers are the real ones ;)
mmmm.. or maybe the stereotype has faded and is in decline..
Bert [Otherside82] Derijckere wrote:
started to grow a little beard after a while
signs of one deadline too many, perhaps and not enough grooming hours?
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If you knew a girl who had a beard :)
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homegrown wrote:
even when it starts to droop in the soup?
you tuck it into the collar... that is what I have to do with my hair sometimes.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
that is what I have to do with my hair sometimes
that's the other thing: long hair. i remember that used to be trend amongst programmers too.. and then it became fashionable amongst designers.. or vice-versa- not quite sure. maybe the most hardcore engineers have long hair AND beards? :D
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homegrown wrote:
and pioneers in software
The greatest programmer of all, Donald Knuth does not have facial hair.:)
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -Brian Kernighan
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homegrown wrote:
u know at least what a database is, right?
that is what you run to in databaseball.
homegrown wrote:
u design classes
I even take attendance.
homegrown wrote:
multithread
of course, I sew (cross-stitch and needlepoint too), doesn't everyone?
homegrown wrote:
callbacks
hey Jeremy!!!!
homegrown wrote:
u even write tests
yes, please write Pi Until the decimal numbers begin to repeat.
homegrown wrote:
use mocks
Yes, and socks too.
homegrown wrote:
but do u have a beard...?
Yup, a Van Dyke. Do I pass? :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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homegrown wrote:
a "Colonel Saunders" Van Dyke?
http://www.zianet.com/jjustinb/jeffs.jpg[^]
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
that is what I have to do with my hair sometimes
that's the other thing: long hair. i remember that used to be trend amongst programmers too.. and then it became fashionable amongst designers.. or vice-versa- not quite sure. maybe the most hardcore engineers have long hair AND beards? :D
<>< :: have the courage to use your own reason
homegrown wrote:
the most hardcore engineers have long hair AND beards?
:cool: Now I am a hardcore engineer. :cool:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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fat, ugly, intercourse prevention googles? Naah, she's neither of that :cool:
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homegrown wrote:
u know at least what a database is, right?
that is what you run to in databaseball.
homegrown wrote:
u design classes
I even take attendance.
homegrown wrote:
multithread
of course, I sew (cross-stitch and needlepoint too), doesn't everyone?
homegrown wrote:
callbacks
hey Jeremy!!!!
homegrown wrote:
u even write tests
yes, please write Pi Until the decimal numbers begin to repeat.
homegrown wrote:
use mocks
Yes, and socks too.
homegrown wrote:
but do u have a beard...?
Yup, a Van Dyke. Do I pass? :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
hey Jeremy!!!!
<nested_callback> Hey Jeffry! </nested_callback>
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