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I've always known these as Hacker Koans.

> “These enlightened ones,” he protested, “gave us the Great Way of Unix. Surely, if we mock them we will lose merit and be reborn as beasts or MCSEs.”

I love how enduring is Microsoft's reputation in some circles.

It was the certs specifically. Anyone could get one if they had a couple hundred bucks and could cram a bunch of facts. MCSE required more exams, but still you were basically just memorizing stuff and taking tests. Yet for a time (during the 90s-2000s IT boom) anyone could get hired if they had certs. The more acronyms after your name, the better.

Sort of like the people today who take a 2-week JavaScript course and then get hired for 6 figures, but at least the people with the certs had to take some exams.

Thanks for sharing, I had no idea these existed until today! These are quite short, and the recruiter one is very accurate haha

This is beautiful and hilarious. Thanks!

It is l33t. Luckily when the f3ds showed up at my door,the d1sks were buried and I was not home. My roommate figured they may want pr0n. They disembarked.

https://everything2.com/title/The+Lord%2527s+Prayer%253A+l33...