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In war for talent, 'brogrammers' will be losers

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Re: In war for talent, 'brogrammers' will be losers

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Post by natesm »

> "Wanna bro down and crush some code?"

What? Who would say that, ever?

> San Francisco-based Klout

Oh. Carry on then.

"Brogrammers" are pretty hilarious though. I mean, aside from the utility of being a "warning, we're a company of homophobes and sexists" alert, I think that it started as a joke? Then, there were people that didn't realize it was a joke and started actually using it. I think that's pretty funny.

Re: In war for talent, 'brogrammers' will be losers

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Post by gav »

When I see "brogrammer" used I have to fight to not flip the bozo bit for that person.

It's a bizarre reversal of high school, where people want to be mad at "bros" for invading the sanctity of the programming world. It's now cool to be un-cool.

Creating groups to direct your ire towards for the imagined problems of the tech industry isn't going to help anyone. Solving problems is about being inclusive, not exclusive.

On a similar note the lynch mob mentality when somebody steps over the line just means that everyone is going to be scared of going anywhere near that line. In the long term just this trends towards a boring politically correct future.

Re: In war for talent, 'brogrammers' will be losers

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Post by citricsquid »

natesm wrote: post #4

> "Wanna bro down and crush some code?" What? Who would say that, ever? > San Francisco-based Klout Oh. Carry on then. "Brogrammers" are pretty hilarious though. I mean, aside from the utility of being a "warning, we're a company of homophobes and sexists" alert, I think that it started as a joke? Then, there were people that didn't realize it was a joke and started actually using it. I think that's pretty funny.

> San Francisco-based Klout

I guess it goes with the territory, Klout is a company built around false-ego, why not have employees suffer from the same ailment?

Re: In war for talent, 'brogrammers' will be losers

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Post by nollidge »

natesm wrote: post #4

> "Wanna bro down and crush some code?" What? Who would say that, ever? > San Francisco-based Klout Oh. Carry on then. "Brogrammers" are pretty hilarious though. I mean, aside from the utility of being a "warning, we're a company of homophobes and sexists" alert, I think that it started as a joke? Then, there were people that didn't realize it was a joke and started actually using it. I think that's pretty funny.

> I think that it started as a joke? Then, there were people that didn't realize it was a joke and started actually using it.

Er, did you read the article? They acknowledge it started as a joke, and then go on to say:

"But the rise of the brogrammer joke and its ensuing backlash has some benefits: It helps talented women choose worthy employers, it gives a name and face to a problem that plagues the industry and it publicly shames some of the most sexist offenders."

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