anyone else get tired of this "programmers are special", navel-gazing, pseudo-analytical tripe? How about treating programmers as individuals with different tas

anyone else get tired of this "programmers are special", navel-gazing, pseudo-analytical tripe? How about treating programmers as individuals with different tastes and motivators instead of stereotyping to the classic "geeks want new toys and to be left alone to write codes" mold. > I typically upgrade at the top of the tree and push machines downwards that's one practice I find incredibly distasteful. If someone needs a new computer, give it to them. If they don't, leave them alone to do real work instead. You're only rewarding the guy at the top, everyone else is getting hand-me-downs. Nothing says love and respect like being given someone else's cast-offs... yeah right. > Programmers program because they love to solve problem citation needed.