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Bacon is bad for you. Garann

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what we love

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everybody just slow your roll.

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what’s wrong with that? •discourages

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devs vs. hipsters

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why don’t we like hipsters? •unfriendly •know-it-alls •obsessed

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unwelcoming

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know-it-alls

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obsess about trivial things https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/610

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overprotective of culture

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the goals are noble •finding

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but the results suck. •group

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worse, our caricature is public •money

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as a culture, we’re sitting ducks.

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(or more realistically..)

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and so people opt out. http://www.washington.edu/news/2009/12/14/of-girls-and-geeks-environment-may-be-why-women-dont-like-computer-science/

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back to bacon. •some

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not just interests, but identity. “The

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developers developers love •young •anti-social •arrogant,

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is assimilation a reasonable request?

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things developers hate: professionalism

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current approach: 1. someone

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thick skin syndrome http://harthur.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/771/

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professional standards: theirs •9-5

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professional standards: ours •wear

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but who cares? we’re winning. “Demand

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professional benefits: ours •free

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professional benefits: theirs •work

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no one expects much from us. http://reasonsmysoniscrying.tumblr.com/

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to clarify: that sucks •we’re

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we have an asshole problem.

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it means we have to be babysat •middle-management •event

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we’re gonna have a bad time.

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we can babysit ourselves •set

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this helps us •grow

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who needs a drink?

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everything is fine •we

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..for now. “Or

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this is the climax of our golden age.

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not the end.. •advances

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just the climax •unrealizable

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expect the system to balance itself.

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what is a developer? •someone

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that can be almost anyone.

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“I

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it’s a fucking tv commercial.

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our culture is bad for us. •our

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thanks! @garannm