What would a [insert language] programmer look like?
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If you were to describe a 'typical' programmer of a certain language, what would they look like? (Please don't just say, 'me.') Would they have thick glasses? Dead plants in their cubicle? The hippest/newest mp3 player? Nervous when anyone walks by? Constantly confident even under pressure? Are their pants falling down? How much coffee/Mt. Dew/Red Bull have they consumed in the day? Feel free to also describe DBAs, techs, etc. I'm trying to write a funny short on how to find and identify programmers in the wild of offices.
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VuNic wrote:
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Programmer? PEC? Irony! Call them writers, we are talking about software programming here! ;P
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VB(VB.NET): innocent looking guy seems to be just out of the college. Not Much Red Bull or Caffeine. C++: Appear egotistical, over confident, aloof personality,. C#(C++ background): A clear aura of superiority, a frustrated look every now and then. C#(VB background): Happy confident, delighted, amazed Java: Chatty, Get along well with other Java people, usually Polite, discuss a lot with others about programming, Usually will have MP3 players JavaScript/Web: Consume more Caffeine, usually Hardworking, every now and then screaming 'Yeah! It worked' DBAs: Irritated, Frustrated, Appear busy (even though if they are not), Slow to respond
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
every now and then screaming 'Yeah! It worked'
That's me using C# when trying to find a CScrollView equivalent, followed by a frail scream as I realise it doesn't actually work, then repeated thuds of my head on the desk. :mad: Without that I cannot achieve my aura of C# superiority and must remain under the depilatory effects of VC6. :^)
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Precious == a little high maintenance, a little delicate sometimes.
Ahh... I see. Here, Strawberry Shortcake[^] is precious.
-- Russell Morris Morbo: "WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!"
Can't believe a link to Strawberry Shortcake has been posted on this board!!
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If you were to describe a 'typical' programmer of a certain language, what would they look like? (Please don't just say, 'me.') Would they have thick glasses? Dead plants in their cubicle? The hippest/newest mp3 player? Nervous when anyone walks by? Constantly confident even under pressure? Are their pants falling down? How much coffee/Mt. Dew/Red Bull have they consumed in the day? Feel free to also describe DBAs, techs, etc. I'm trying to write a funny short on how to find and identify programmers in the wild of offices.
_________________________________________ You can't fix stupid, but you can medicate crazy.
C#: Concerned about image, thin glasses, modern black duffle coat/jacket, smart dress code basically! Oh and always with a Starbucks coffee in one hand... Java: Chequered shirt and possibly a goatee... a bit overweight. Perl: Very dark dress code, usually a Linux guru with tendencies to hate Microsoft. Oracle: Armani, Versace, Dior... you name it! Well, these are only from my experience, it will be interesting to see all the others!
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It is well known that for COM programming, you need a beard and glasses.
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are they ladies? cross dressers? ;-) russell
http://www.perturb.org/display/entry/462/[^] :-D
Cheers, Vikram.
The cold will freeze our stares We won't care...
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http://www.perturb.org/display/entry/462/[^] :-D
Cheers, Vikram.
The cold will freeze our stares We won't care...
lol, Suspenders are very different in English from what they are in American ;-) Russell
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Well, my transition like: C->VB6->HTML(Web)->Java->Unix C->VB.NET+C#+ASP.NET->PHP->COBOL(Mainframe) n my mood transition like: C:: Happy WOW! I did my first hello world VB6:: I like Dim and MsgBox HTML:: Marquee is Cool Java:: OOP is awesome Unix:: Socket LAN Chat program uff...UNIX is God .NET:: God Bless MS, finest VS IDE ever made PHP:: Whatever you type, it works...feels you can change the world COBOL:: I want to quit my job, depressed, life has no meaning, hardly sleep at night, life is like black screen. I hate PERFORM, PROCEDURE DIVISION. :(( :(( -- modified at 0:50 Wednesday 14th March, 2007
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From observations at conferences: (and this will probably offend, oh, everyone...) VB: Plus size, bad dress sense. No more doughnuts for you lads. C#: The Khaki and golf shirt crowd. A little bright eyed and bushy tailed for my jaded sensibilities. C++: Lean, intense and balding. Often into rock climbing or mountain climbing DBAs: Large mountain men. Dave and I have fond memories of being in a SQL session and looking in awe at the size of the guys in the room. Clearly they don't just write SQL. They physically wrestle and beat the data out of the SQL servers. WebDevs: Goatees and soul patches. A little precious sometimes. Architects: Odd. You have the feeling they are mentally rearranging your brain to make it work better as they talk to you. And then there are the Aging Rock Stars, the guys who were big a few years ago: Developing paunch, greying hair, wise and sometimes sad or cynical eyes. Excellent to sit next to in keynote talks. Partial to a drink. Sometimes during the keynotes.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Perfect! But which are you?
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Can't believe a link to Strawberry Shortcake has been posted on this board!!
True, Happy Tree Friends would be much better - not work safe so no link!
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It is well known that for COM programming, you need a beard and glasses.
Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Velopers, Develprs, Developers!
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
Linkify!|Fold With Us!Can I just have the glasses?
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Perfect! But which are you?
I started as C++ but now with the all the site development I've become a little precious and high maintenance.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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C++: Thin and wiry, a patchwork of pale skin, odd scars, and wind burn. They appear clumsy, until suddenly they turn on you. VB: Remember the "O face" guy from Office Space? Like that. C#: Kinda pudgy. But cheerful. Java: Despite their weasel-like appearance and demeanor, these programmers are kind, generous folk at heart. Web: Functioning alcoholics. SQL: Malfunctioning alcoholics.
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...the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more...
Shog9 wrote:
C++: Thin and wiry, a patchwork of pale skin, odd scars, and wind burn. They appear clumsy, until suddenly they turn on you.
Shog9 wrote:
C#: Kinda pudgy. But cheerful.
Then I am using wrong language :-O
"Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. " - Morpheus
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From observations at conferences: (and this will probably offend, oh, everyone...) VB: Plus size, bad dress sense. No more doughnuts for you lads. C#: The Khaki and golf shirt crowd. A little bright eyed and bushy tailed for my jaded sensibilities. C++: Lean, intense and balding. Often into rock climbing or mountain climbing DBAs: Large mountain men. Dave and I have fond memories of being in a SQL session and looking in awe at the size of the guys in the room. Clearly they don't just write SQL. They physically wrestle and beat the data out of the SQL servers. WebDevs: Goatees and soul patches. A little precious sometimes. Architects: Odd. You have the feeling they are mentally rearranging your brain to make it work better as they talk to you. And then there are the Aging Rock Stars, the guys who were big a few years ago: Developing paunch, greying hair, wise and sometimes sad or cynical eyes. Excellent to sit next to in keynote talks. Partial to a drink. Sometimes during the keynotes.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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C++: Thin and wiry, a patchwork of pale skin, odd scars, and wind burn. They appear clumsy, until suddenly they turn on you. VB: Remember the "O face" guy from Office Space? Like that. C#: Kinda pudgy. But cheerful. Java: Despite their weasel-like appearance and demeanor, these programmers are kind, generous folk at heart. Web: Functioning alcoholics. SQL: Malfunctioning alcoholics.
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...the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more...
Shog9 wrote:
VB: Remember the "O face" guy from Office Space? Like that.
Ohh Ohhh Ohhhh... :laugh:
CleaKO
"I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that." - Tommy Boy
"Fill it up again! Fill it up again! Once it hits your lips, it's so good!" - Frank the Tank (Old School) -
Note to UKians: suspenders is USian for braces. Though I'm sure that a few UNIX gurus do wear suspenders in the UK sense...
What do you mean by braces?
CleaKO
"I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that." - Tommy Boy
"Fill it up again! Fill it up again! Once it hits your lips, it's so good!" - Frank the Tank (Old School) -
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
every now and then screaming 'Yeah! It worked'
That's me using C# when trying to find a CScrollView equivalent, followed by a frail scream as I realise it doesn't actually work, then repeated thuds of my head on the desk. :mad: Without that I cannot achieve my aura of C# superiority and must remain under the depilatory effects of VC6. :^)
Steve_Harris wrote:
Without that I cannot achieve my aura of C# superiority
There's always VB! :->
CleaKO
"I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that." - Tommy Boy
"Fill it up again! Fill it up again! Once it hits your lips, it's so good!" - Frank the Tank (Old School) -
What do you mean by braces?
CleaKO
"I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that." - Tommy Boy
"Fill it up again! Fill it up again! Once it hits your lips, it's so good!" - Frank the Tank (Old School)Braces hold up men's trousers. Suspenders hold up ladies' stockings. Men wearing suspenders in the UK is reserved for high court judges and Conservative politicians. Personally, I blame the private schools.
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If you were to describe a 'typical' programmer of a certain language, what would they look like? (Please don't just say, 'me.') Would they have thick glasses? Dead plants in their cubicle? The hippest/newest mp3 player? Nervous when anyone walks by? Constantly confident even under pressure? Are their pants falling down? How much coffee/Mt. Dew/Red Bull have they consumed in the day? Feel free to also describe DBAs, techs, etc. I'm trying to write a funny short on how to find and identify programmers in the wild of offices.
_________________________________________ You can't fix stupid, but you can medicate crazy.
I'm going to tell you how i look like, and that's going to help you ID those people. I'm an VB.net (was a VB6), DBA (mySQL, MS-SQL) and a little knowledge of PHP and even less Javascript. I'm also in hardware. I'm dressing up conservative in winter with good pants, shirt, V or not style sweater and elegant 'not the anarchist style' leather jacket. In summer, t-shirt (with an artistic or technology theme stamp), survival jacket for keeping flash sticks, pens and quarters for the coffee machine, wide fabric pants but not the hip-hop style or if the situation is more formal, Jean with bright color shirt AND (a MUST) sleeves rolled up just below to elbows because they can get dirty if you reach for a cable or typing. When programming and things go smoothly (rare case), the desktop (the real desk i mean) is a MESS with coffee, snacks, .. etc. When programming and it's really difficult (problem or brainstorming), i tend to curve by back kinda like trying to put my eyes closer to the keyboard and the screen. It's an instict of programmers that feel like they're missing something because they're too far from the monitor. When enjoying programming, the coffee (if one drinks coffee) mug looks as it's been there for days but if there is coffee in it (more than the middle) than the programmer is actually enjoying so much that he forgot to drink ... If the mug looks wet (recently used) and empty before 8:00am he's under stress. If the mug if full even by 12:00am, obviously he wasn't there :laugh: In a conversation, i NEVER talk about programming or how i would do a task. I deal with that cr..p at work and i don't really feel like spending another sec explaining. If someone asks me if this can be done, i always say 'Yes, but it's going to take some time'. If the shit hits the fan, we never panic (we're at panic mode the rest of the time) because there is really no point. If a deadline is close, we slow down because if we were working 120% from the start of the project and we're still going to miss the deadline, we might as well relax and find the time to rest. If we get fired ..... it means that we're good at our job because anyone who creates buggy code or does something wrong, the company keeps, hopping he'll reverse the damage and correct whatever is wrong. !!!
