I had a good chuckle while reading through a StackOverflow question.
A poster was asking how you could identify from afar that someone was a programmer.
Some of my favourites are:
0. They use nested parentheses in normal writing (at least I do (sometimes)).
1. They number lists starting with 0.
2. They use slashed zero to distinguish the digit 0 from the letter O.
3. They complain that Google doesn’t have regular expressions support.
4. They laugh at the classic “there are 10 types of people who understand binary; those who do, and those who don’t” shirt.
5. Ask them what languages they know. You can tell the programmer by the way he names numerous languages but forgets to include ‘English’.
6. When they end a random sentence with a semi-colon;
7. They have Dilbert / XKCD comics on their walls.
8. The answer to “what kind of computer do you use?” isn’t a one word response.
9. Their family always thinks they can fix any small appliance.
With how many can you identify?
Things I relate to:
0. 0
1. 2
2. 4
3. 5
4. 7
5. 8
6. 9
O,1,4,7,8,9. Scary thing is, i’m not a programmer. :/
D’oh! 66% programmer.
Michelle, you’re geekier than a few developers that we both know.
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