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    homegrown
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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

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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

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      Bert Otherside82 Derijckere
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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 ;)

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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

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        peterchen
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        I know a coder girl who doesn't have a beard. Does that count?


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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

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          R Giskard Reventlov
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          Never trust a man with a beard: he's got something to hide.

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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

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            Vikram A Punathambekar
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            I'm clean-shaven, but then, I don't claim to be a great programmer. ;P

            Cheers, Vikram.


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              I know a coder girl who doesn't have a beard. Does that count?


              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! || sighist

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              homegrown
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              LOL! u know.. i thought about saying distinguishing between guys and gals... :) but didn't want to exclude any female comments just becos it's got to do with facial hair.. i guess for women... i have no clue what the equivalent stereotype would be?

              :: have the courage to use your own reason

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                Never trust a man with a beard: he's got something to hide.

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                homegrown
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                LOL i've heard that before... [upfront and personal] at first i was worried that it might actually be true.... and then i realised it was true: i'm hiding my razor ;)

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                  Never trust a man with a beard: he's got something to hide.

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                  hairy_hats
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                  Shaving is just a cultural thing. Evolution has given us facial hair, we shouldn't be tampering with it. ;-)

                  "He's got a lot on his mind, and it's not a load-bearing structure." - John Weak

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                    Shaving is just a cultural thing. Evolution has given us facial hair, we shouldn't be tampering with it. ;-)

                    "He's got a lot on his mind, and it's not a load-bearing structure." - John Weak

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                    even when it starts to droop in the soup? :~

                    :: have the courage to use your own reason

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                      LOL! u know.. i thought about saying distinguishing between guys and gals... :) but didn't want to exclude any female comments just becos it's got to do with facial hair.. i guess for women... i have no clue what the equivalent stereotype would be?

                      :: have the courage to use your own reason

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                      fat, ugly, intercourse prevention googles? Naah, she's neither of that :cool:


                      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! || sighist

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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

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                        Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                        homegrown wrote:

                        and pioneers in software

                        The greatest programmer of all, Donald Knuth does not have facial hair.:)


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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

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                          homegrown wrote:

                          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

                          This would imply that I'm a genius? Thanks for the compliment :-D.

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                            even when it starts to droop in the soup? :~

                            :: have the courage to use your own reason

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                            hairy_hats
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                            LOL Try knotting it behind your neck if it gets in the way...

                            "He's got a lot on his mind, and it's not a load-bearing structure." - John Weak

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                              LOL Try knotting it behind your neck if it gets in the way...

                              "He's got a lot on his mind, and it's not a load-bearing structure." - John Weak

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                              ooooooo :omg: scary thing is... somewhere in this world, that actually might be *acceptable*, even encouraged :)

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                                I know a coder girl who doesn't have a beard. Does that count?


                                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! || sighist

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                                Pascal Ganaye
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                                Not even a little moustache?:sigh:

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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

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                                  homegrown wrote:

                                  but do u have a beard...?

                                  Guess! Elaine :rose:

                                  The tigress is here :-D

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                                    even when it starts to droop in the soup? :~

                                    :: have the courage to use your own reason

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                                    El Corazon
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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)

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                                      homegrown wrote:

                                      but do u have a beard...?

                                      Guess! Elaine :rose:

                                      The tigress is here :-D

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                                      Bert Otherside82 Derijckere
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                                      I'm guessing you do have a beard ;P

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                                        homegrown wrote:

                                        but do u have a beard...?

                                        Guess! Elaine :rose:

                                        The tigress is here :-D

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                                        Like this?[^] :rolleyes:

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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

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                                          El Corazon
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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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