> For instance, my initial impulse is to regard people who have a "bro" or "frat" face with contempt before realizing how irrational that is.
I find this interesting. Do graduates seriously continue to resent people who were in fraternities that much? One would think these kinds of stereotypes didn't matter much after college.
Until I started reading HN, I wasn't aware that this kind of deep-seeded hatred existed. I see a lot of people using "bro-" as a negative prefix meaning "not adequate". This bothers me as someone who spent college loving CS and programming while very much participating in fraternity culture.
EDIT: I'm an introvert; I'm just not really shy. I do sometimes feel like I can't get along with other programmers for some reason.
I find this interesting. Do graduates seriously continue to resent people who were in fraternities that much? One would think these kinds of stereotypes didn't matter much after college.
Until I started reading HN, I wasn't aware that this kind of deep-seeded hatred existed. I see a lot of people using "bro-" as a negative prefix meaning "not adequate". This bothers me as someone who spent college loving CS and programming while very much participating in fraternity culture.
EDIT: I'm an introvert; I'm just not really shy. I do sometimes feel like I can't get along with other programmers for some reason.