Reader Tim says,
I too have noticed increased social limitations in some IT folks. I can’t cite s study, but it seems to be that this depends on the size of the IT/Programming/Network department they work in. As a rule of thumb, the larger the department, the more inept they are. I have met programmers from 5 person companies who were social wunderkinder and programmers from huge programming mills who pretty much spend their entire life among other IT folks.
Social limitations are a nice way to put it. 🙂
I remember how my father’s second favorite programmer had to come by my house to test something on my computer. I was told it would take 10 minutes at most.
I brought her to the study where the computer was and left, closing the door. One hour 10 minutes later I was already fuming because I had my own work to do and the programmer wasn’t coming out of the study. So I went there to ask when she was going to be done.
In the room, I found the programmer sitting completely still and staring at a dark screen.
“Erm. . . are you OK?” I asked.
“Yes. . .” she said in a slow and completely indifferent voice. “This computer isn’t on.”
I approached the monitor and pressed a button. The monitor turned on.
“Ah. . .” the programmer said.
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Well, considering I make a lot of money off programmers(computer people in general), I should tread lightly. So, I will start with a joke.
“Who invented the computer? A massage therapist, looking for ways to drum up business” 😉
Chill, take a deep breath and get a massage. 🙂
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Good one!
My favorite joke used to be the one where a programmer always places 2 glasses on his bed table. One is filled with water and one is empty. One glass is in case he wants a drink of water during the night and the other one is in case he doesn’t.
And then I married a programmer and realized this wasn’t a joke. This was reality.
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Binary FTW!
Of course, not being a programmer the empty glass would be “I drank the water from last night and forgot to put the glass away.”
or
“I have a random nighttime visitor. Here is a pre-filled glass of water for you to drink.”
or
“I need a walk in the night but I may be too tired to get up. In case I want to take a little walk and get water, I will have an empty glass. If not, the full glass is right here.”
or
“Midnight water glass symphony!”
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My dearly beloved is a programmer too (although he does more management now than actual programming) but he’s also a biker which changes everything. 🙂
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I’m having a very hard time figuring out what was going in your father’s second favourite programmer’s head, and I’m a CS student and half my social circle is programmers. If you have more of these, please keep’em coming, they’re great!
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