Moving Past Brogramming

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8 points·mmahemoff··10 comments

"Punch Mediocrity in the Face"

There's still some aggression here.

As a non-violent person, I feel dismissed and alienated by violent engineers.

Aggression isn't sexism (while you could argue their first one was). I'd say both themes appeal to males more, but I don't view this as being nearly as uninviting.

As a mediocre person I feel threatened.

So it's three years later and people are still getting back to this "Bla bla brogramming is bad"? I thought that cargo was long gone.

I just don't understand the point of this article. Brogramming was a fad, it made some people feel like part of a "crew", it upset way more and it was quickly buried away. So what's the point of bringing it back today only for the sake of the Klout team telling us it took them THREE YEARS to "move past brogramming"?

It should be pointed out that the Twitter account "Only Girl in Tech" brought this up again a few days ago.

Which is actually detrimental to the (extremely important) cause that (tongue-in-cheek) Twitter account is supposed to serve. No facts were checked and we end up with a situation where failing AT SOME POINT means you'll be blamed for life. No forgiveness, no progress.

(i love this thread)

Brogramming's lasting meaning? Being Goofus in production: pushing code live from your laptop with no commits, no warnings, whatever, mostly in situations that feel like this: http://youtu.be/O_HyZ5aW76c?t=1m

Wait, Klout's nickname for its employees is "Kloutlaws"?

When you're clinging desperately to the bleeding edge of social innovation, you can't allow yourself to be confined within the mundane strictures of the English language.

As a law-abiding citizen I feel deeply alienated.

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