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> my uncle endorsed me for Groovy (...) as a personality trait I laughed harder than usual at that. I wonder what a "groovy" professional would be? :)

seako 13y ago
Groovy is a programming language on the JVM http://groovy.codehaus.org/ http://groovy.codehaus.org/
- zura 13y ago
  Unfortunately, more attractive language to me, Groovy++ didn't get much traction. Nowadays, Groovy seems to fading as well.
  - GFischer 13y ago
    I'm starting out on Grails, do you suggest I shouldn't? Our requirements are that whatever I choose must be Java-based, and have some nice framework. Within those constraints, is there a good Grails replacement?
    - zura 13y ago
      No, not at all. I meant in terms of hype and popularity. Otherwise, it seems quite solid to me, and they (Groovy and Grails) are in active development. There is another interesting jvm language: http://gosu-lang.org/compare.html http://gosu-lang.org/compare.html Web framework for gosu: http://ronin-web.org/ http://ronin-web.org/ But it is even less popular and I'm not sure if it even has an active community.
      - GFischer 13y ago
        Gosu is the language developed by Guidewire, a major insurance software provider :) (I work in the insurance sector. I wish my company bought Guidewire). But yeah, it's much smaller than Grails.
erikj54 13y ago
That is great. It shows you the value of the endorsement is really nil. Personally, I'm not as impressed with an endorsement unless it is from someone, who themselves is well respect, or holds a high position. The original concept was good, but it was a low lying fruit, perhaps it is time for some AI by Linked In to try and solve the problem.
- samstave 13y ago
  "Hey erikj54, pg just endorsed you for "HN Commenting Skills" -- We'd like to ask you (5) questions regading HN commenting! in order to publish this endorsement to your profile: 1. Assuming you just created an account on HN and immediately see a comment you disagree with. Can you downvote this comment? [Y/N] 2. A YC Company just posted a job posting to HN, can you post why you are a perfect rock-ninja for the job as a comment? [Y/N] 3. Can a comment receive greater than -4 comment Karma? [Y/N] 4. Can you downvote a comment reply to your OP comment? [Y/N] 5. How important is being civil in HN threads [Very Important/Not Important] --- This might work....
RyJones 13y ago
Perhaps an expert in Groove? http://grv.microsoft.com/ http://grv.microsoft.com/
b0b_d0e 13y ago
When I read that I imagined LinkedIn is refering to the groovy programming language http://groovy.codehaus.org/ http://groovy.codehaus.org/ Of course... that doesn't make a lot of sense for a personality trait either... It makes as much sense as describing someone as C++. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here.
- loganfrederick 13y ago
  Groovy (or, less common, "Groovie" or "Groovey") is a slang colloquialism popular during the 1960s and 1970s. It is roughly synonymous with words such as "cool", "excellent", "fashionable", or "amazing", depending on context. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groovy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groovy
  - 6cxs2hd6 13y ago
    That this needs to be explained makes me feel old.
    - LukeShu 13y ago
      I suspect that it is a geographical-cultural thing, not an age-culture thing. edit: for clarity
      - YokoZar 13y ago
        Old people have different cultures.
      - saraid216 13y ago
        It's both.
    - b0b_d0e 13y ago
      Well, in my defense, I know what it means to be groovy and sorry if post made it seem otherwise. What I was misunderstanding was the fact that you can actually endorse personality traits on people since I have made a point of staying as far away from LinkedIn as possible. I thought that you were only able to endorse skills, and so when I saw they were endorsed for a personality trait I was a little confused and wondered if they meant that as a skill trait :)

seako 13y ago

Groovy is a programming language on the JVM http://groovy.codehaus.org/ http://groovy.codehaus.org/

zura 13y ago
Unfortunately, more attractive language to me, Groovy++ didn't get much traction. Nowadays, Groovy seems to fading as well.
- GFischer 13y ago
  I'm starting out on Grails, do you suggest I shouldn't? Our requirements are that whatever I choose must be Java-based, and have some nice framework. Within those constraints, is there a good Grails replacement?
  - zura 13y ago
    No, not at all. I meant in terms of hype and popularity. Otherwise, it seems quite solid to me, and they (Groovy and Grails) are in active development. There is another interesting jvm language: http://gosu-lang.org/compare.html http://gosu-lang.org/compare.html Web framework for gosu: http://ronin-web.org/ http://ronin-web.org/ But it is even less popular and I'm not sure if it even has an active community.
    - GFischer 13y ago
      Gosu is the language developed by Guidewire, a major insurance software provider :) (I work in the insurance sector. I wish my company bought Guidewire). But yeah, it's much smaller than Grails.

erikj54 13y ago

That is great. It shows you the value of the endorsement is really nil. Personally, I'm not as impressed with an endorsement unless it is from someone, who themselves is well respect, or holds a high position. The original concept was good, but it was a low lying fruit, perhaps it is time for some AI by Linked In to try and solve the problem.

samstave 13y ago
"Hey erikj54, pg just endorsed you for "HN Commenting Skills" -- We'd like to ask you (5) questions regading HN commenting! in order to publish this endorsement to your profile: 1. Assuming you just created an account on HN and immediately see a comment you disagree with. Can you downvote this comment? [Y/N] 2. A YC Company just posted a job posting to HN, can you post why you are a perfect rock-ninja for the job as a comment? [Y/N] 3. Can a comment receive greater than -4 comment Karma? [Y/N] 4. Can you downvote a comment reply to your OP comment? [Y/N] 5. How important is being civil in HN threads [Very Important/Not Important] --- This might work....

RyJones 13y ago

Perhaps an expert in Groove? http://grv.microsoft.com/ http://grv.microsoft.com/

b0b_d0e 13y ago

When I read that I imagined LinkedIn is refering to the groovy programming language http://groovy.codehaus.org/ http://groovy.codehaus.org/ Of course... that doesn't make a lot of sense for a personality trait either... It makes as much sense as describing someone as C++. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here.

loganfrederick 13y ago
Groovy (or, less common, "Groovie" or "Groovey") is a slang colloquialism popular during the 1960s and 1970s. It is roughly synonymous with words such as "cool", "excellent", "fashionable", or "amazing", depending on context. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groovy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groovy
- 6cxs2hd6 13y ago
  That this needs to be explained makes me feel old.
  - LukeShu 13y ago
    I suspect that it is a geographical-cultural thing, not an age-culture thing. edit: for clarity
    - YokoZar 13y ago
      Old people have different cultures.
    - saraid216 13y ago
      It's both.
  - b0b_d0e 13y ago
    Well, in my defense, I know what it means to be groovy and sorry if post made it seem otherwise. What I was misunderstanding was the fact that you can actually endorse personality traits on people since I have made a point of staying as far away from LinkedIn as possible. I thought that you were only able to endorse skills, and so when I saw they were endorsed for a personality trait I was a little confused and wondered if they meant that as a skill trait :)