I've never actually seen a brogrammer though, I've seen people who program only because they get money for it, I thought for a while those where it, but I'm not sure if I think they qualify either.
- Someone who is a programmer but follows a hypermasculine cliche and makes sure everyone knows about it.
- An insult used by other developers for someone who is more physically fit or interested in their health than themselves.
- An insult used by engineers or other people who are not happy with the over representation of men in the industry. So everyone is lumped in the category.
- Someone who is obsessed with the technology and trying to grind their skills on it to an excessive level.
sounds like a person who respects their own profession though
Isn't "interested in their health" a signal that they are interested in themselves, rather than the opposite?
It tripped me up too, to be fair.
B. A person who is physically and culturally indistinguishable from A
I don’t take it as a pejorative, it’s an acknowledgement of my efforts to be even considered in this category. For those wondering I have a family, and have healthy activities otherwise. No cool diets or bioscience, just code, physical activity and coffee/water.
This isn’t a lifestyle I’m saying everyone should do, only that people should do what makes them happiest and most fulfilled for their set of goals.
On the other hand, I’ve seen and heard “dude” and “guy” used by and applied to women by other women. Not common but it happens. But I’ve never heard “bro” used that way.