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I mean, the guy has a huge banner with a picture of himself on every page of his website. He seems to think that developers who are into music creation are uniq
by benihana 15y ago
I mean, the guy has a huge banner with a picture of himself on every page of his website. He seems to think that developers who are into music creation are unique to Rails (it's been my experience that there's a high correlation between programming and enjoying creating and playing music). He seems to be the stereotypical Rails developer - arrogant, full of himself, convinced he's one of the normal, cool guys who programs and that people who use other technologies, like .Net or Java (who are a dime a dozen) are just dorks with no style.
I'm sure there are plenty of Rails developers who are good people, they're just eclipsed by guys like this shouting about how awesome everything they touch is.
- gaius 15y agoYeah, "brogrammers". They don't know what they don't know, and they sure are proud of that.
- jgw 15y agoI had never heard that term before you introduced me to it a couple of weeks ago, but that was the first word that popped into my mind when I opened the article.
- gaius 15y agoThey're like guys who microwave a ready-meal, then strut about like they're Gordon Ramsey.
- Zimahl 15y agoTo educate you on brogrammers: http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-become-a-brogrammer http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-becom... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qi_AAqi0RZM http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q...
- bithive123 15y agoPrecisely. The good people tend to be a silent constituency because they have better things to do than carry the "humble Rails developers exist" banner through the average discussion thread. HN seems to link to a lot of these blogs where the author breathlessly shares some sophomoric musing demonstrating more arrogance than insight. A few people with nothing better to do post critical comments while dozens of others cheer "right on, I'm liquidating my savings to do my <adjective> start-up too, stay strong brother". The rest of us have just finished our coffee and have work to do today.
- Klinky 15y ago>The rest of us have just finished our coffee and have work to do today. ...and post scathing comments on HN.
- sebphfx 15y agoI don't think the guy is that pretentious. He's talking about the Rails guys he works with. He's basically saying that he got into the wrong program realizing later that he was a designer at heart. So, of course he's going to use cliches about a field he knows only from people at work. I don't think his intentions were to be arrogant at all and how many people have a picture of themselves on their blog.eh... almost everybody!
- rprasad 15y agoSir, I will have you know that I may program in .Net or Java from time to time, and I may not have any style, but I am most certainly not a dork!