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I AM DEV

I'm the guy who moves stuff around in your favorite application, for what seems like no apparent reason.

My drink of choice is caffeine. 

My shoe of choice is flip-flop.

My store of choice is Starbucks, which I walk drive to wearing my flip-flops, to get caffeine

My wife, since I am fortunate to have one, calls me her "big, strong, nerd" - never mind the catastrophic oxymoron that the phrase produces; I would prefer a better wife handle though, something like zerocool or n00bpwner

Yes, I married up; no, I did not use my geek super powers to do so…

I take things apart on purpose knowing that there is no way I will be able to put them back together.

I cringe when people use CPU or HARDDRIVE as synonyms for COMPUTER

I have more than 2 browsers installed on my CPU.

I used to think business people "ph33r’d" my elite hacking skills, but I found out they just think I am weird and that's really why they avoid me.

When given the option I would take a bean bag over a chair any day

The first rule about being a Developer is that you don’t talk about being a developer

When asked to clean the house I have to create a list and organize it so that the tasks get accomplished in the most efficient way - the list takes about 1-2hrs to prepare assuming no bugs and no interruptions (note to self: write program to generate list).

If it is worth doing it is worth overdoing.

My children still want to be like me when they grow up.

I am a keyboard cowboy - but I have no idea how to actually type.

I speak in crypto-nerd tongue to get out of meetings (works much like a Jedi mind trick only not as cool).

Crypto-nerd tongue gets turned off if I know there is a chance in the meeting that technical terms will be butchered (like using CPU for COMPUTER – high developer entertainment value) or there will be coffee.

I run out of my allotted number of words per day faster because I use Acronyms.

When faced with a challenge, I reassign the work item.

The second rule about being a Developer is that you don’t talk about being a developer.

Script is not something you read, and when you talk about Java, as a safety measure, you should specify upfront if you're talking about the tasty beverage or code.

People think I show up to work early, not true; I just leave late.

Despite what most might think I do not just copy and paste code... I change the comments too.

And, yes business users, "All Your Base Are Belong To Us"

I am dev…

Published Thursday, April 10, 2008 5:29 PM by FTProductDev
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Ryan Champ said:

Greatest. Blog. Ever.

::: nerds everywhere cheer :::

April 10, 2008 11:56 AM
 

Tudor said:

He's still my hero.

You can't have him!

April 10, 2008 12:09 PM
 

pschott said:

Very nice.  Bonus points to anyone who's actually played the game references in the last point.

April 10, 2008 12:26 PM
 

espinosam said:

That is awesome! I completely relate.

April 10, 2008 12:35 PM
 

John said:

4LL Y0UR B453

Zero Wing for Life!

April 14, 2008 11:00 AM

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