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Indeed, the word "passionate" with reference to programming is going the same way as "free" has gone for marketing; over-used and misrepresented to the point of
by KiwiCoder 13y ago
Indeed, the word "passionate" with reference to programming is going the same way as "free" has gone for marketing; over-used and misrepresented to the point of being meaningless.
On the plus side, it means that the class of employers who advertise their vacancies in this fashion become easier to identify and avoid. Or exploit.
- mrspeaker 13y agowizard -> guru -> ninja -> rockstar -> passionate programmer. Just be thankful that it doesn't take too long for these kind of labels to get watered down, overused, and then dumped for the next buzzword.
- KiwiCoder 13y agohttps://twitter.com/KiwiCoder/status/314501152760815616 https://twitter.com/KiwiCoder/status/314501152760815616
- RyanZAG 13y agoNot sure if you're being serious, but you just said the opposite of what mrspeaker did. Those are -> and not > He's implying the whole thing is meaningless buzzwords while you seem to imply they actually have a ranking or something (and no they do not).
- dllthomas 13y agoReally, exorcist should be much higher on the list. I'm envisioning someone who comes in and quickly fixes the bugs that have convinced you your code-base is haunted.
- collyw 13y agoSure it has been overused. But then I do see two categories of programmers, the "passionate" ones who keep up to date. And the "one year ten timea" ones that are stil suggesting the same crap solutions that were cutting edge 10 years ago, when way better alternatives exist (my team leader).