Re:Don't hire a programmer if they don't code for fun
by aikiai on Thursday January 22, 2009 @03:55PM
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Oy... if we're talking image... do you really want to be a "professional programmer"?
I think there is _something_ to the rockstar image... namely passion. Accept no bullshit, swear at the suits, light shit on fire to get results passion.
But I agree, "rockstar"
A) doesn't cut it as a metaphor and
B) is not a word a real developer would use to recruit a real developer
If you want to give my kind of programmer a nickname, save it for your business docs. My fathers already gave me one:
I think there is _something_ to the rockstar image... namely passion. Accept no bullshit, swear at the suits, light shit on fire to get results passion.
But I agree, "rockstar" A) doesn't cut it as a metaphor and B) is not a word a real developer would use to recruit a real developer
If you want to give my kind of programmer a nickname, save it for your business docs. My fathers already gave me one:
Hacker.