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We just call them rock stars. No we don't. We stopped doing that when other folks who were hiring "rock stars" failed to get a product off the ground, and pr

by iamdave 18y ago

We just call them rock stars. No we don't. We stopped doing that when other folks who were hiring "rock stars" failed to get a product off the ground, and proved their salaries couldn't live up to the livelihood of what a rock star expects to be compensated, thereby making the phrase "rock star" in any sense other than someone who does what Jimmy Buffet did overwhelmingly kitschy, and anyone using the phrase mind-numbingly foolish. Thanks for playing.

thorax 18y ago
I prefer "silly" to "mind-numbingly foolish", but I don't think he does himself any favors by using the term.
- Retric 18y ago
  Yea, silly works. If we really want to give programmers silly names fine I am a "Professional". Aka the movie "the Professional" where you have a problem, you pay me money, I solve the problem. Rock Stars are just another silly name people give out so they don't have to pay you what your time is worth. Look up actual rock stars they tend to end up broke because while it might look like the are making a lot of money most of the time they are getting peanuts.
  - jacquesm 18y ago
    if I correctly remember that movie it didn't end too well for the professional ;)
    - aaronblohowiak 18y ago
      I respectfully disagree. He died protecting someone he loved, taking out an evil guy in the process. Thats as good a death as I could ask for.
      - jadence 18y ago
        Dude! Why do you have to post spoilers like that? Yeah it's far from a new release but still! I haven't seen it yet and it's on my Hulu queue. Thanks! Argh!
        aaronblohowiak 18y ago
        It's fifteen years old now. That's probably older than some of the people who post to this board. I'd have more sympathy for the 'spoiler' effect if the end wasn't also as obvious as a nail in the foot, even though its obviousness doesn't detract from the strength of the story.
        jadence 18y ago
        Who moderated you up here? You give away the ending of a movie and then figuratevely give me the finger with a too-bad-for-you response and you get applauded for it. Sheesh. Would it kill you and jacquesm to put a courtesy "spoiler alert" notice at the start of your messages? (This is all incredibly off topic so this'll be my last post on it.)
        jacquesm 18y ago
        apologies, I thought it was so old a spoiler alert would not be required. Carelessness on my part for sure, it's just that to me it is like discussing the ending of 'star wars' or 'the french connection'. Great movie though, The Professional, go see it anyway, in spite of the spoiler and enjoy the music too.
  - aikiai 18y ago
    Oy... if we're talking image... do you really want to be a "professional programmer"? I think there is _something_ to the rockstar image... namely passion. Accept no bullshit, swear at the suits, light shit on fire to get results passion. But I agree, "rockstar" A) doesn't cut it as a metaphor and B) is not a word a real developer would use to recruit a real developer If you want to give my kind of programmer a nickname, save it for your business docs. My fathers already gave me one: Hacker.

by iamdave 18y ago

thorax 18y ago

I prefer "silly" to "mind-numbingly foolish", but I don't think he does himself any favors by using the term.

Retric 18y ago
Yea, silly works. If we really want to give programmers silly names fine I am a "Professional". Aka the movie "the Professional" where you have a problem, you pay me money, I solve the problem. Rock Stars are just another silly name people give out so they don't have to pay you what your time is worth. Look up actual rock stars they tend to end up broke because while it might look like the are making a lot of money most of the time they are getting peanuts.
- jacquesm 18y ago
  if I correctly remember that movie it didn't end too well for the professional ;)
  - aaronblohowiak 18y ago
    I respectfully disagree. He died protecting someone he loved, taking out an evil guy in the process. Thats as good a death as I could ask for.
    - jadence 18y ago
      Dude! Why do you have to post spoilers like that? Yeah it's far from a new release but still! I haven't seen it yet and it's on my Hulu queue. Thanks! Argh!
      - aaronblohowiak 18y ago
        It's fifteen years old now. That's probably older than some of the people who post to this board. I'd have more sympathy for the 'spoiler' effect if the end wasn't also as obvious as a nail in the foot, even though its obviousness doesn't detract from the strength of the story.
        jadence 18y ago
        Who moderated you up here? You give away the ending of a movie and then figuratevely give me the finger with a too-bad-for-you response and you get applauded for it. Sheesh. Would it kill you and jacquesm to put a courtesy "spoiler alert" notice at the start of your messages? (This is all incredibly off topic so this'll be my last post on it.)
        jacquesm 18y ago
        apologies, I thought it was so old a spoiler alert would not be required. Carelessness on my part for sure, it's just that to me it is like discussing the ending of 'star wars' or 'the french connection'. Great movie though, The Professional, go see it anyway, in spite of the spoiler and enjoy the music too.
- aikiai 18y ago
  Oy... if we're talking image... do you really want to be a "professional programmer"? I think there is _something_ to the rockstar image... namely passion. Accept no bullshit, swear at the suits, light shit on fire to get results passion. But I agree, "rockstar" A) doesn't cut it as a metaphor and B) is not a word a real developer would use to recruit a real developer If you want to give my kind of programmer a nickname, save it for your business docs. My fathers already gave me one: Hacker.