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I cant stand this rockstar/ninja nomenclature. It makes me cringe.

• lanaer 17y ago
  Rockstars are loud & noisy, maybe they get stuff done. Frequently care more about what people think about them then the quality of their work. Ninjas do the job, and nobody knows until it’s too late. I'm not seeing desirable qualities here for coders.
  • pw0ncakes 17y ago
    Modern ninjas do most of their work in no-harm kidnappings due to Japan's idiosyncratic (no reciprocity) and somewhat xenophobic custody laws. If your spouse is ethnic Japanese and flees to Japan with your child, and you have legal custody but live elsewhere, Japan won't surrender the child.
    • lanaer 17y ago
      That applies to other places in Asia and the middle east (go arabic ninja, I guess?)
      • pw0ncakes 17y ago
        I'm sure the lower-ranking Saudi princes could use something to do.
• jimfl 17y ago
  Yeah. These are definitely stopwords when reading job postings. Luckily, they're generally applied at the top or even in the title. If you advertise for Ninjas or Rockstars, you deserve every candidate you get.
  • pw0ncakes 17y ago
    <obvious>They should replace "rockstar", "hero", and "ninja" with "douchebag"; it's just as unprofessional, but more accurately describes the people who'd describe themselves with any of those labels.</obvious>