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> "Wanna bro down and crush some code?" What? Who would say that, ever? > San Francisco-based Klout Oh. Carry on then. "Brogrammers" are pretty hilarious th
by natesm 14y ago
> "Wanna bro down and crush some code?"
What? Who would say that, ever?
> San Francisco-based Klout
Oh. Carry on then.
"Brogrammers" are pretty hilarious though. I mean, aside from the utility of being a "warning, we're a company of homophobes and sexists" alert, I think that it started as a joke? Then, there were people that didn't realize it was a joke and started actually using it. I think that's pretty funny.
- citricsquid 14y ago> San Francisco-based Klout I guess it goes with the territory, Klout is a company built around false-ego, why not have employees suffer from the same ailment?
- mnicole 14y agoBut the VIP Lounge at SFO!?
- nollidge 14y ago> I think that it started as a joke? Then, there were people that didn't realize it was a joke and started actually using it. Er, did you read the article? They acknowledge it started as a joke, and then go on to say: "But the rise of the brogrammer joke and its ensuing backlash has some benefits: It helps talented women choose worthy employers, it gives a name and face to a problem that plagues the industry and it publicly shames some of the most sexist offenders."
- vijayr 14y agoAm I missing some inside joke? what exactly is a brogrammer? :(
- ww520 14y agoI've never heard of it neither. Might be a new meme.
- lobo_tuerto 14y agoCheck this out: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brogrammer http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brogrammer
- hdctambien 14y agoThis is a pretty good parody (demonstration?) of a brogrammer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi_AAqi0RZM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi_AAqi0RZM He pretty much sums up the entire team I worked with at my last job.
- ghurlman 14y agoThis is the first place I remember seeing it, still very much a bit of satire at the time: http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-become-a-Brogrammer http://www.quora.com/Brogramming/How-does-a-programmer-becom...
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoI have known programmers who talk exactly like that. It's a real thing. The startup craze has attracted a lot of people with a swollen sense of self worth. People who call themselves ninjas and what not. This is one of the thing that attracts me to Clojure. Rich Hickey is the exact opposite of a brogrammer. He doesn't care about trends, or social mobile appification, he just cares about getting shit done.
- skrebbel 14y agoYou're attracted to a programming language because you think its author is cool? Hm. Makes sense. COBOL, here I come!!
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoI'm attracted to the programming language because the author and I share the same values. I got into programming to create things. Not to have arguments about indentation or semicolons, or to pop my collar at this month's "conf".
- skrebbel 14y agoStill, I wasn't entirely kidding. There's a lot of things about Mrs. Hopper that strongly resonate with me. Putting things into real perspective, being down to earth about everything. Not entirely unlike Hickey, really. Still, she made COBOL. I like Grace Hopper a lot better than I like COBOL. For me, this soft of serves as a counter argument to the idea that sharing values with a fellow creator would imply that I like that person's creations. Note: I rather much agree with you, Hickey rocks, and the attitude he's broadcasting is very refreshing in today's code ninja heat.