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The Dark Side of the Programming World
- reion 13y agoThe title sounded much more interesting then the article itself. I was expecting something about black-hat hackers.
- Raphmedia 13y agoI don't see the issue with "brogrammers". I can understand people from the outside thinking that all programmers are nerds with 2 inch deep glasses with no social life at all. But actual programmers should know better. What now? "familymangrammers" and "hippiegrammers" and "athletegrammers"? Makes no sense to me...
- grexi 13y agoIt's a matter of manners, and being the nice guy vs. being a "bro", IMHO.
- rickjames28 13y agoNo, it's actually more than that. What it really is a rejection of maybe athletic and/or socially adept programmers. It's a way for certain stereotypical developers to feel better about themselves.
- kybernetyk 13y agoYup, you could say the same about 'bro accountants' or 'bro janitors'. I guess people have a problem with 'bro' culture rather than with 'brogrammers' specifically.
- walshemj 13y ago"familymangrammers" back in the day those where the ones who wore navy blazers with shiny brass buttons and worked at Computer Associates writing COBOL applications. And the traditional Nerd programer always had a more sporty outdoors type as well as the traditional fat pizza eating basement resident.
- kybernetyk 13y agoJust a little rant about marketing babble: > we have over 20 (summed up) years of experience Experience doesn't work that way. It's like with pregnant women: Having two pregnant women doesn't mean the baby will come out in 4.5 months. Having 20 1-year experienced coders can lead to good solutions - because there are 20 people who can throw in their guesswork and some of them might hit the jackpot. But you can't count on this to be replicated whenever you need it. As a customer I'd rather know the time the company successfully exists in the market place and not the accumulated age of the staff.
- grexi 13y agoYou're right about the marketing sum - It's just an opener for my insights. Don't miss my bad & good parts posted some time ago: http://usersnap.com/blog/bad-habits-in-web-development/ http://usersnap.com/blog/bad-habits-in-web-development/ http://usersnap.com/blog/good-habits-in-web-development/ http://usersnap.com/blog/good-habits-in-web-development/
- frostmatthew 13y agoAgreed, I'd have a much better idea of the team's experience if they said something along the lines of "we have X people, each with over Y years of experience"
- grexi 13y agoHere you are :-) We have 5 people, each with over 7 years of experience. Ooops, it's 35 years. I should stop under-estimating.
- niix 13y agoLol stop being such a baby, bro.
- rickjames28 13y agoAnd #7 are intolerant developers who call other developers brogrammers because they don't fit into a stereotype.