Well the prevalence of programmers referring to themselves or others as ninjas and jedis has the effect of proving that brogrammer culture hasn't taken over...the industry is as nerdy as ever.
I have yet to be convinced that brogramming exists outside of jokes by nerdy Starcraft-playing Facebook devs and the fevered dreams of CNN tech reporters.
I've met them. Once went to a Ruby meeting, and the presentation's slides featured "My Little Brony". The guy's desktop background was of a manga girl with very exaggerated features, and some in the audience (they were all males) called out for him to keep the screen on her.
I don't know, seems more childish than nerdy to me. Being nerdy is being enthusiastic about something, whereas all this Ninja stuff is like escaping from the real world and hiding in your childhood imagination.
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Well the prevalence of programmers referring to themselves or others as ninjas and jedis has the effect of proving that brogrammer culture hasn't taken over...the industry is as nerdy as ever.
I have yet to be convinced that brogramming exists outside of jokes by nerdy Starcraft-playing Facebook devs and the fevered dreams of CNN tech reporters.
I've met them. Once went to a Ruby meeting, and the presentation's slides featured "My Little Brony". The guy's desktop background was of a manga girl with very exaggerated features, and some in the audience (they were all males) called out for him to keep the screen on her.
I left after the talk, and won't go again.
I am so in accordance with that sentiment.
I don't know, seems more childish than nerdy to me. Being nerdy is being enthusiastic about something, whereas all this Ninja stuff is like escaping from the real world and hiding in your childhood imagination.