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1. deburo · 1789657723 · focus · HN ↗

   What is the Silicon Valley brogrammer subculture? Is it the same as the Silicon Valley subculture? What defines both? Are LLMs really the product of brogrammers?

   1. ModernMech · 1789657818 · focus · HN ↗

      Brogrammers are in it for the love of money. Programmers are in it for the love of programming.

      1. Legend2440 · 1789658088 · focus · HN ↗

         I can count on one hand how many people I've met that are into programming for the love of it.

         For most people it's a job, and that's ok.

         1. nicoburns · 1789658252 · focus · HN ↗

            > I can count on one hand how many people I've met that are into programming for the love of it

            That's surprising to me. It's been a majority of people I've worked with. I guess perhaps it depends heavily on where you work.

            1. Legend2440 · 1789658473 · focus · HN ↗

               Maybe? Dev job at a non-tech F500 company. All these guys have kids and houses in the suburbs.

               1. nicoburns · 1789660338 · focus · HN ↗

                  I'd guess it makes sense that if programming is a passion for you then probably a non-tech-centric F500 company probably isn't where you'd choose to work.

                  For context: my current company with ~400 employees (not just engineering) is the largest company I've ever worked at.

               2. plorkyeran · 1789663980 · focus · HN ↗

                  To the best of my knowledge zero of the people passionate about programming that I know have spent a meaningful portion of their career at non-tech companies. Internships or first jobs out of college are common, but the passionate people end up going somewhere where the thing they're working on is more than an incidental cost center for their employer.

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