>Think about all the references to hiring "cowboy coders" and "code ninjas." From my memory since the mid 1980s, those references came in somewhat later - abou

>Think about all the references to hiring "cowboy coders" and "code ninjas." From my memory since the mid 1980s, those references came in somewhat later - about the time tech became cool and there was money to be made. Maybe something about the macho culture of game programming once it reached significant mass?