This kind of stereotyping is an inevitable result of the worlds of "weird nerds" and "cool nerds" colliding in the workplace. There were no cool nerds in high s

This kind of stereotyping is an inevitable result of the worlds of "weird nerds" and "cool nerds" colliding in the workplace. There were no cool nerds in high school. Instead of working out or partying, we played games or fiddled with computers in sullen, slightly embarrassed solitude or with a cadre of other misfit rejects. The idea of someone writing code after a morning of pumping iron is strange and threatening to someone who's been marginalized or just excluded by the cool kids all of their life. I like this article: https://medium.com/@maradydd/when-nerds-collide-31895b01e68c#.4siaw43pe https://medium.com/@maradydd/when-nerds-collide-31895b01e68c... > the process of unlearning lessons ingrained from childhood takes a lot more than a cap and gown or even a $10 million VC check Shedding these prejudices is just part of growing up, and a lot of engineers are awfully young. And if you have an eighty gallon drum of protein by your desk, it's probably worth reading pg's essay on high school to get some insight into where the hostility is coming from: http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html