Re: Looking for article on programmer culture

Greg Jorgensen wrote:

>Sometime in the past year I read an article online that described the 
>dysfunctional culture that many programmers work in. The gist of the 
>article is that programmers are loathe to impose hierarchies or to 
>criticize each other, preferring more passive-agressive techniques 
>and competition that at least appears good-natured. I may not be 
>describing the article very well but I remember thinking it was very 
>right on some points when I read it.
>
>If anyone recognizes the article I'm trying to find and knows where I 
>can find it, please post or send an email. Thanks!
>  
>
I don't know of the article which you talk about ... but for my money 
you could replace the word "programmer" with "person"/"people" in that 
whole description and you'd have the same thing :-)

I don't think there's anything special about the dysfunctions in 
programmer people or programming jobs.

Nevertheless, like you, I find that sort of stuff very interesting.

-- 
Chris
http://clabs.org/blogki



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