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I have a bit of a collection of hacker/IT documentaries. In one of them I remember a former IBM employee sang the songs during an interview. This was for me (a

by LeonM 6y ago

I have a bit of a collection of hacker/IT documentaries. In one of them I remember a former IBM employee sang the songs during an interview. This was for me (as a non-native English speaker) the first time I learned that 'gay' used to mean something completely different.

cube00 6y ago
https://youtu.be/ySqEvijSDGE?t=229 https://youtu.be/ySqEvijSDGE?t=229 In case anyone else is interested, that is from the PBS documentary "Triumph of the Nerds", an absolutely brilliant historical record of the personal computer.
- LeonM 6y ago
  Yes, that is the one!
- dTal 6y ago
  Holy hell, I remember seeing this scene on TV! It always stuck in my mind. Thanks for reassuring me that it was not, in fact, a fever dream.
arethuza 6y ago
"sang the songs during an interview" For a moment there I thought this was some terrible new approach to technical interviews.
- pjmorris 6y ago
  Don't give anyone ideas!
  - arethuza 6y ago
    Maybe in the style of the music from Anathem you could be asked to sing FizzBuzz? http://synthesist.net/music/anathem/ http://synthesist.net/music/anathem/
- User23 6y ago
  This reminds me of 19th century sailing. Manning a multi-mast sailing ship is a fairly technical job and a good singing voice was desirable. Song is a great way to get groups of men to work in concert.