What would a [insert language] programmer look like?
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Chris Maunder wrote:
A geek is someone who obsesses about a topic. "To geek out".
That's what the geeks want you to think, in an effort to become accepted by society. -- modified at 11:03 Wednesday 14th March, 2007 P.S. I don't know how the meanings got confused after the 1980s.
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I'm 6'2, 215lbs, and workout constantly with clean-cut blond hair and a pointy nose with no glasses. I wear dockers and polo shirts and cowboy boots. And when I am not on a diet I consume Dr. Pepper like water. When I went to the IBM programming competition in college the free shirts didn't fit because my arms were to big. (The sleeves were cut like twigs, only programmers and single digit kids would fit) With that said, I don't think there is really a norm. Any great programmer, of course, would be an artist in his or her craft requiring a devotion that goes well beyond the 9 to 5 with late nights at home programming for fun or beta testing some new piece of software (WoW :)). To be stereotypical of course the answer would always be the same: programmers would be small and meek, passive but insanely brilliant with sharp eyes and glasses; almost exclusively male. Unix admins would be the same only heavyset and bearded. Hygiene would run the gamut from poor to brushes teeth in morning.
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I've know guys who kept a toothbrush at the office and brushed after lunch. (Momma's boy.)
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If you work with Unix, it is essential to have a beard and be overweight by at least 40 lbs.
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Miszou wrote:
If you work with Unix, it is essential to have a beard and be overweight by at least 40 lbs.
More specifically: Unix man implies: hasBeard && (isOverweight || isWearing(blackHeavyMetalLogoTshirt) || isWearing(blackHeavyMetalPlatformBootsThatLookSomewhatLesbian)) And I'd be tempted to say that VB man implies that the programmer hasn't stopped wearing a nappy, but that'd be unfair ;)
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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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...what? No RPG programmers? CLP? ...CLLE? ...REXX/400?? Are we a dying breed...? :(( RPG(IV or ILE, not III or prior): Demeanor: Suave, yet a little strange. Very odd sense of humor--primarily consisting of bad puns. Appears excited when a fellow punster challenges wit. Appearance: Not balding, but not far from it. Appears stressed constantly. Coffee is present, possibly with coffee maker on desk. Cup is cleaned every other Friday...maybe. Cheezit consumption from 10:00-10:15 am. Often forages for chocolates or other goodies. :cool: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Information Systems - Programmer / Network Administrator IBM AS/400: ILE RPG IV, CL, SQL/400, REXX/400 PC: Visual Basic, T-SQL, Microsoft Access Internet: HTML, ASP, ADO, JavaScript, VBScript, CSS, AJAX)
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lol, Suspenders are very different in English from what they are in American ;-) Russell
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lol, Suspenders are very different in English from what they are in American ;-) Russell
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Precious == a little high maintenance, a little delicate sometimes.
Ahh... I see. Here, Strawberry Shortcake[^] is precious.
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OMG what an awesome web site! It's so well-designed ;P
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I've know guys who kept a toothbrush at the office and brushed after lunch. (Momma's boy.)
I only do that because my teeth aren't straight and I get things stuck in them, and nobody ever tells me about it!
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...what? No RPG programmers? CLP? ...CLLE? ...REXX/400?? Are we a dying breed...? :(( RPG(IV or ILE, not III or prior): Demeanor: Suave, yet a little strange. Very odd sense of humor--primarily consisting of bad puns. Appears excited when a fellow punster challenges wit. Appearance: Not balding, but not far from it. Appears stressed constantly. Coffee is present, possibly with coffee maker on desk. Cup is cleaned every other Friday...maybe. Cheezit consumption from 10:00-10:15 am. Often forages for chocolates or other goodies. :cool: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Information Systems - Programmer / Network Administrator IBM AS/400: ILE RPG IV, CL, SQL/400, REXX/400 PC: Visual Basic, T-SQL, Microsoft Access Internet: HTML, ASP, ADO, JavaScript, VBScript, CSS, AJAX)
Koohiisan99 wrote:
Cheezit consumption from 10:00-10:15 am.
haha... this was my habit for awhile, although it'd be more like 10:00 - 11:00.
This statement was never false.
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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.
How in the world did that get messed with when the US's English went on it's own evolutionary path?
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If you work with Unix, it is essential to have a beard and be overweight by at least 40 lbs.
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I would also add Granola Crunchy aka "hippie" cum unkempt yuppie :laugh:
The reason why a poor man will always be poor and the rich man will always be rich, is because the poor man will always maximize his expenditures and the rich man will always maximize his potential. --T.Parker
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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:
SQL: Malfunctioning alcoholics.
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