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If only the San Francisco Chronicle article 'Brogrammers' challenge coders' nerdy image had come out on April 1. If only, it was a joke. If only.
But these self-styled 'brogrammers' have decided that what the almost all-male world of programming needs is an injection of... frat-house antics. Great, just, great. Here's a choice quote from one of these neanderthals people:
- "We got invited to a party in Malibu where there were naked women in the hot tub," said Stern-Sapad, 25. "We're the cool programmers."
The article continues:
Exsqueeze me? Baking powder? Who the hell wears a pocket protector? But (shock! horror!), the whole 'brogrammer' thing might just be a little off putting to women programmers (you, know, the "hogrammers" the brogrammers sometimes have to work with):
JakobVirgil · 4999 days ago · link ·
this bull nerd thing has been around for a long time.
I think it is the bizarre way masculinity is expressed in our culture.
thenewgreen · 5000 days ago · link ·
If there is one thing that has rung true in history time and time again, it's that the harder you try to be cool, the less cool you are. Especially if your name is ....."Manoogian III".