Citations:brogrammer

English citations of brogrammer

Noun: "(slang) a male programmer who acts like and has the interests of a frat boy, defying stereotypical conceptions of programmers as shy and nerdy"

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• 2012 March 1, Douglas MacMillan, “The Rise of the 'Brogrammer'”, in Bloomberg Businessweek‎^[1]:

  At Santa Monica (Calif.)-based Gravity, engineering director Jim Plush is referred to as the “resident brogrammer” and has affixed his computer monitor to a treadmill so he can exercise two to three hours a day while programming.

• 2012 March 8, Karlin Lillington, “Distant piers unlikely to make 'bro' waves”, in The Irish Times:

  Worried about the sometimes-nerdy image of being a computer programmer? Guys, relax. Now you can claim to be a hip and with-it "brogrammer" instead.

• 2012 April 12, Haya El Nasser, “Geek chic: 'Brogrammer?' Now, that's hot”, in USA Today‎^[2]:

  It started with the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds. Then came geek chic. Now, "brogrammers" — computer programmers with frat house sensibilities — are hitting the scene.

• 2013 March 22, Levi Sumagaysay, “Gender Wars In The Age Of Twitter And In The Land Of The 'Brogrammer'”, in SiliconBeat‎^[3]:

  The tech industry — land of the "brogrammer" — is now front and center in the gender wars.

• 2013 April 30, Lauren Orsini, “No Boys Allowed: Four Coding Schools Just For Girls”, in ReadWrite‎^[4]:

  Even in the year 2013, we seem stuck on the stereotype of the typical "brogrammer." Women and girls have always been some of technology's […]

• 2013 May 13, Jemima Kiss, “Why Songkick's new paternity policy is good for women”, in The Guardian‎^[5]:

  Leaving aside the more fundamental crisis of IT education in schools (and how that fails to inspire and engage young people, and especially young women) there's a healthy rejection of the nauseating brogrammer culture in the tech industry […]

• 2013 May 29, Dana Liebelson, “5 women busting through the tech industry's glass ceiling”, in The Week‎^[6]:

  Experts have pointed to Silicon Valley's "brogrammer" culture and a lack of female role models as contributing to the problem — but women are managing to make huge contributions to the field anyway.

• 2013 May 29, Luke Tsai, “At Tribune Tavern, What's Old Is New Again”, in East Bay Express‎^[7]:

  Owners Chris Pastena (Chop Bar) and Temoor Noor (Grand Tavern) have struck gold with a particular confluence of factors: the prominent location in Oakland's business district + a meat-heavy menu tailor-made for the "brogrammer" set + great cocktails and a dash of old-timey style.

• 2013 June 6, Adriana Lopez, “Bonnaroo 2013 Means Tech, Hacks And Rock And Roll”, in Forbes‎^[8]:

  Hackeroo gives developers with great ideas an opportunity to be a part of that first step – creating big things for Bonnaroo, for music festivals, and technology. And, it’s not just limited to Nashville-based brogrammers (and femgrammers, of course).