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		dclowd9901 on May 24, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why American Workers Now Dress So Casually No joke, I didn't want to become a software engineer when I was young because I saw pictures in books (published in the 60s -- I was reading them in the 80s) of programmers, and they looked like stodgy boring dorks. If I had seen that SV survival guide, the entire course of my life would have been different.

rak00n on May 24, 2017 | [–]

Funny you mentioned that. One of my reasons for becoming programmer was my 14 year old self watched The Matrix and thought Neo was pretty awesome.

ghvknvgvh on May 24, 2017 | [–]

Still stodgy boring dorks on the inside though.

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