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Re: Looking for article on programmer culture: msg#00074

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Subject: Re: Looking for article on programmer culture

Was it paul Graham's 'Why Nerds are Unpopular?'
http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html
--- Chris Morris <chrismo-jPI29ImzmbLYtjvyW6yDsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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!
> >
> >






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