Beware The Rise Of The 'Brogrammer'

http://sfist.com/2012/04/27/beware_the_rise_of_the_brogrammer.php

by rhufnagel • 14 years ago

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homosaur• 14 years ago

Beware of articles about articles, you mean.

nagnatron• 14 years ago

I'm sure programmers drinking protein shakes is the reason there's not a lot of women in technology.

mindcruzer• 14 years ago

I'm finding it hard to imagine why interest in personal fitness is a deplorable quality for a programmer to have.

mindcrime• 14 years ago

I'm finding it hard to imagine why interest in personal fitness is a deplorable quality for a programmer to have.

It's not, that's the sad thing. If anything, it's an amazingly good development if we can get away from the stereotype of "programmer as fat, obese, overweight guy who does nothing but sit in front of the computer and eat cheetos."

Seriously though, all this "brogrammer" stuff is a load of crap. I mean, looking at myself; I like to lift weights, mountain bike, drink protein shakes, go out and drink beer, pick up women, party and all that stuff... and I'm so far from being a "bro" that it's not even funny. C'mon, when your favorite television programme is Doctor Who and you play Dungeons & Dragons as a hobby and spent more time at the local hackerspace than you do at the club scene, you're really not much of a frat boy.

That's not to say there aren't a few people out there who really do fit this "brogrammer" mold, but just because you actually do do things other than play D&D and read Physics Today in your spare time, doesn't mean you're some weird frat-boy / programmer hybrid creature.

anamax• 14 years ago

The ads on that page are a nice touch....

darkstar999• 14 years ago

I wish the HN gods would give me a downvote button for these brogrammer articles. The discussion about them outweighs the existence of them. Perhaps there are fewer women in the workforce because of these stupid articles.

epo• 14 years ago

The media like stereotypes. This is one of the newest, it'll be gone soon to be replaced by something equally banal.

ehdv• 14 years ago

What exactly is a "biz dev guy" as perjoratively used in this article?

Beware The Rise Of The 'Brogrammer'

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