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Hipsterdom has thoroughly penetrated software engineering. The underlying theme is that some person thinks he's too cool/intelligent/noble for [something everyo

Hipsterdom has thoroughly penetrated software engineering. The underlying theme is that some person thinks he's too cool/intelligent/noble for [something everyone else wants]. Rejecting something scarce and highly selective, employment at aforementioned companies, also suggests some level of sour grapes.

joezydeco 15y ago
Hipsterdom? You're about 40 years late to the party. Think hippies.
jff 15y ago
I think it's been there for a while: "I'm on <the newest Ruby-based web framework>, it's pretty obscure you probably haven't heard of it".