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Re:Programmer's Day - 13 September by ggreer on Monday September 09, 2013 @12:22AM (#6351833)
To quote myself from 2 years ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2990507):

Degrees in computer science and computer engineering are in the top 10 for average earnings. We get to build all kinds of cool stuff used by people around the world. For many of us, programming is fun. And we get paid to do it!

Every day is programmer's day.

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Re:Programmer's Day - 13 September by do-it-good on Monday September 09, 2013 @05:58AM (#6352551)
For the majority of programmer's, it's just a stressful 9-to-5 job.
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Re:Programmer's Day - 13 September by PencilPushinSOB on Monday September 09, 2013 @02:00AM (#6352072)
You put the apostrophe in the wrong place.
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Re:Programmer's Day - 13 September by chrismorgan on Monday September 09, 2013 @03:51AM (#6352300)
And you saved me the trouble of pointing out that very thing :-)
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Re:Programmer's Day - 13 September by swayvil on Monday September 09, 2013 @12:19AM (#6351823)
The 13th falls on a Friday this year. An omen?
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Re:Programmer's Day - 13 September by nulldata on Monday September 09, 2013 @02:33AM (#6352136)
That's on my birthday! How appropriate.
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Re:Programmer's Day - 13 September by shire on Monday September 09, 2013 @03:14AM (#6352234)
Friday the 13th is your birthday? O.O
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Re:Programmer's Day - 13 September by nulldata on Monday September 09, 2013 @03:30AM (#6352263)
Yup, and my sister's is 9/11.
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Re:Programmer's Day - 13 September by islon on Thursday September 12, 2013 @11:43AM (#6374727)
It's my birthday too =)
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Re:Programmer's Day - 13 September by vezzy-fnord on Sunday September 08, 2013 @10:57PM (#6351591)
It's nice as a footnote, but in the end it's just a trivial observance that has no real significance. I don't treat it as any different from a regular day.
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Re:Programmer's Day - 13 September by ianhawes on Sunday September 08, 2013 @11:41PM (#6351708)
Did you really think there were parades and celebrations held?

For comparison, in the United States there are secular holidays for a variety of positions such as Administrative Assistants Day, Boss's Day, SysAdmin Day, etc...

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