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By stimpy77
via jondavis.net
Published: Aug 09 2008 / 08:46
Since forever, geeks who take themselves seriously have loved to brag such things as, "I use Notepad to edit web pages". Carrying this over to actual programming, "I never click into the designer when editing my ASPX", or "I never design a database using designer tools, I always design it all using raw T-SQL," or "I always update my SVN from the command line". (Someone in a local tech user group bears the post signature, "Real men use Notepad.")
Puhleeze. I'm not impressed, and frankly I think anyone who brags like this should get a swift kick in the pants.
Comments
killerweb replied ago:
I recently had a marble floor installed by an old school Italian guy and his son. Each took part in measuring, cutting & laying parts of the floor down. Each starting at different sections and working to the middle. I watched in amazement how the old guy had this flow of cutting without any special tools and sometimes measuring just by eye. When I watched his son I was also amazed but for different reasons. He seemed to have better tools, some cools ones I might add like his laser guided cutter. At the end the whole job looked awesome so I asked the old guy why didn't he use the tools like his son. He responded, "why should I? It's the way I work and have done it for years this way. And my work speaks for itself, Capish!!". After thinking about it seems funny how we in our industry always think one way is better than another. I think we should all shut up about which is better and just do the work with the tools we like. Capish!!
lnguyen replied ago:
Some nerds lack self confidence, and being able to say they rock the Notepad helps them feel important and more capable.
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