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Mar 11, 1983, 12:55:59 AM3/11/83
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This is from COMPUTERWORLD (with a few local additions)

Real programmers can't spell quiche.
Real programmers think in hex.
Real programmers write their own sorts.
Real programmers think an eight-hour day is for sissies.
Real programmers don't get to work on time.
Real programmers loathe documentation.
Real programmers wouldn't use the word 'loathe'.
Real programmers don't do maintenance.
Real programmers don't write comments.
Real programmers brown bag their lunch.
Real programmers roll up their sleeves.
Real programmers don't drink decaffeinated coffee.
Real programmers never refuse a drink.
Real programmers smoke two packs of cigarettes a day.
Real programmers drive VW beetles.
Real programmers never wear suits (except to interviews).
Real programmers are lousy managers.
Real programmers started as operators.
Real programmers don't have MBA's.
Real programmers don't work for banks or insurance companies
for more than one year.
Real programmers don't work for the government.
Real programmers code in pen.


Any more out there?

Jim McParland
American Bell - Holmdel
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ucbvax!faustus

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Mar 11, 1983, 3:33:31 AM3/11/83
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Real programmers don't use h19's, they use old adm3a's.

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