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This article is a load of crappy overgeneralisations that don't match to any of my experiences of myself or others. It reminds me of the scene from Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas where some whacky doctor classifies the "marijuana culture" as "Square, Hip, Cool and Groovy".

I can't quite fathom why anyone would vote this trash up.



Upvoted you, since I can't downvote the article.

Anyway, I really need to work on pronouncing a clear programmer personality. Am I a hippy? Am I a nerd? I'm so confused. I just hope I'm not a lumpenprogrammer!


I appear to be a hippie, for this definition of hippie, anyway...


Most of it was kind of silly, but this part felt close to home:

For hippie programmers, the problem is solved when they've figured out how to solve it rather than later, when the work is finished and the problem no longer exists.

Not sure how that makes me a hippy, though...


By accident? Sorry! But I'd also like to be able to save articles without upvoting them.


Right click... "Bookmark This Link", at least in Firefox




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