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"Call them hackers, ‘ninjas’, or ‘rock stars’ if you’d like." Anyone who uses any of those terms to mean "developer" is a huge red flag for me.
by elmuchoprez 14y ago
"Call them hackers, ‘ninjas’, or ‘rock stars’ if you’d like."
Anyone who uses any of those terms to mean "developer" is a huge red flag for me.
- freework 14y agoAgreed. Its an extension of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. People who truly are good at programming, don't see themselves as 'rock stars'. Its only the shitty developers who would call themselves 'rock stars'.
- epaik 14y agoEspecially if they use those terms to describe themself.
- KevinMS 14y agoIts a code word for young. Does anybody disagree with this?
- nsxwolf 14y agoHow do I know if I am a 'ninja' or a 'rock star'? Is it one of those "If you have to ask, you aren't" things? Do people really call themselves those things? "I'm a rock star developer. I'm a ninja." Hacker, ok. There's nothing boastful about that term. You could be a really low-skilled but interested hacker.