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"Everyday you sit down, put on your headphones and open your integrated developer environment." Right there, the first sentence. Hilarious. I think it takes th

• mawburn 12y ago
  But, that's exactly what I do?
  • dkyc 12y ago
    I'm referring to the choice of words. E.g., I never heard anybody call their IDE/Editor/emacs setup casually "integrated developer environment".
    • aguywithamum 12y ago
      I think it could also be for people that aren't programmers that may read the article. But, yeah, I've never heard anyone use the full name.
      • david 12y ago
        I don't think I've heard anyone at all call it an "Integrated Developer Environment", instead of "Integrated Development Environment".
        • aguywithamum 12y ago
          Oh, that's true! I hadn't even noticed the difference. I've never heard anyone use the phrase "integrated developer environment" either.
        • lucozade 12y ago
          Maybe it's implying that real programmers have some sort of cyberpunk synapse plugin
    • vinceguidry 12y ago
      Could very well be the style guide at work here. If I had to write an article for public consumption, I would avoid techy acronyms as well.
      • astine 12y ago
        He could have said "code editor". I think everyone would have understood that and it wouldn't have sounded weird to programmers.
  • aguywithamum 12y ago
    Yeah, what's wrong with IDE's? (Insert joke about thinking he was referring to sitting down or putting headphones on.)
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• rilita 12y ago
  If you turn off your computer or ever intentionally close your IDE, you are doing it wrong.
• puranjay 12y ago
  How is that even relevant? He is reporting about programmer salaries, not tutoring a college course on programming.
• pencilcheck 12y ago
  And he even got it wrong, it's integrated development environment