In defense of the α-Geek - Coding Sanity
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 10:56 PM codingsanity

In defense of the α-Geek

There has been a scurrilous, underhanded (and very funny) assault on Alpha-geekdom by Craig recently. I'd just like to stand up for α-geeks, as opposed to his pathetic ω-geeks. Yes, I am indeed inordinately proud of my CodeProject article. I get irritated by people talking about datasets already, I very rarely go to conferences because I'm too busy coding, and what the hell is wrong with reading? Hell, I have a stack of books on my table right now. Downloading porn? Well that would just take bandwidth away from important stuff, and there's no point in watching old sci-fi series, since I've memorized them all.

As for getting laid, well my ex-girlfriend dumped me to rather go spend some quality time in war zones and anyway my cat doesn't like stangers. I'm on FaceBook, have 5 email accounts and keep wondering which drugs I need to take in order to be able to get more quality development time in. When you say "Sometimes we even get away from our computers altogether" you have to realise that in my case this would be impossible, as my cellphone is a relatively powerful computer in it's own right, running a beta operating system too!

PS. Yes I've just posted a slew of posts, and yes, I'm sorry, but today is cleaning out the trash day, time to either publish or kill half-finished posts.

PPS. Did I mention that I have a CodeProject article?

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# re: In defense of the α-Geek

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3:40 AM by Pierre Henri

You have a cat ???

Do you know how much time you waste feeding/taking care of it? :D

And I assume you don't go as far as to pet it...

# re: In defense of the α-Geek

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8:21 AM by codingsanity

Don't be foolish, it's job is to keep my toes warm while I'm coding. Speaking of feeding it, I haven't seen it around for a while...

# re: In defense of the α-Geek

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:22 AM by craig

Touché; although this is less a defense of Alpha’s, and more an assertion that you are one. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure you’re a fun guy. Erm. No sarcasm intended… we could hang out or something. One thing though – I didn’t say anything was wrong with reading, just that we Omegas’ ‘spare time isn’t ALL spent “reading books, going to conferences, and tinkering”’. Truth be told though, I find technical books a real yawn – at the moment I’m reading Nietzsche. Yeah, on purpose.

# re: In defense of the α-Geek

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:13 AM by Willie Roberts

Hard one to decide on since I sit on the fence, as I am a bit of both. I love technology and my job requires me to learn, and I love development as a career. However I also do have a live, since I am engaged, own 4 dogs and 4 cats, and somewhere in between try and balance all of this. I am a gadget geek. And in saying all of this I realize that I spent the last 2 years evangelizing to people not to label as it creates an unnecessary level of complexity in being objective. Something I strive for everyday. Not always succesfully.

# re: In defense of the α-Geek

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:17 AM by codingsanity

Craig, seriously, it's caricature. Humour tag yeah?

# re: In defense of the α-Geek

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:30 AM by craig

Yeah dude, I got that. My tongue was firmly planted in my cheek as well.

# re: In defense of the α-Geek

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:34 AM by codingsanity

Swine! ;-D

# re: In defense of the α-Geek

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:31 AM by trumpi

While you guys are still alpha geeks, I've upgraded myself to beta. Hopefully I can release soon.

# re: In defense of the α-Geek

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 4:46 PM by codingsanity

<sniff> beta is SOOOO closed source!