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Still reading, but before I forget to ask: "It’s a junior engineer mistake to toss insults about a piece of complex technology in 140 characters." Does everyo
by shuaib 14y ago
Still reading, but before I forget to ask:
"It’s a junior engineer mistake to toss insults about a piece of complex technology in 140 characters."
Does everyone agree with that? I have seen many senior engineers, specially in open source world, who aren't afraid to use the 'F word' publicly to insult a technology, or even an organisation (Linus vs. Nvidia?).
Does an engineer really have to be super formal in how he talks online? Isn't it fun to be a bit more open at times than what 'maturity' requires?
- mgkimsal 14y agoPerhaps better stated, it's a mistake for a junior engineer to do so.
- lysol 14y agoSure, it's more fun, but you won't get a bad reputation for refraining from disparaging others and others' creations. That said, I'm just as terrible as the next guy.
- JoachimSchipper 14y agoLinus does that. Norvig doesn't appear to tweet at all. Both of these seem appropriate.
- orangethirty 14y agoLinus is a special case. When your work powers most of the computers out there, I guess you can say fuck all you want. Plus its not like he goes around saying fuck to everybody. Its to the people that piss him off. He is a target for assholes because insecure little bitches will always try and prove him wrong. Its part of the culture around computers. But hey, if it wasnt for him I would be using Windows. So fuck anyone who doesnt like the way Linus talks.