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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.

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