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Mr. Bromide

What are your thoughts on the study that says most computer programmers are psychopaths?

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Posted - July 1, 2017
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  • 53509


    Who programmed the study?
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      July 1, 2017 6:22 PM MDT
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  • 11005
    Sounds like the numbers are improving. The last couple of studies showed that 100% of programmers were psychopaths.
      July 1, 2017 6:43 PM MDT
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  • 53509

    The programmers have tweaked the study results. 
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      July 1, 2017 7:05 PM MDT
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  • 11005
    Which study?
      July 2, 2017 8:50 AM MDT
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  • 53509

    The study that Mr. Bromide posted about in his question. 
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      July 2, 2017 9:49 AM MDT
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  • 2327
    I'd be more inclined to believe that they're more likely to be on the autistic spectrum than psychopathy. 

      July 1, 2017 6:45 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    Just be quiet and get in the freezer.
      July 1, 2017 6:50 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Do you have a link?
      July 1, 2017 8:21 PM MDT
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  • 2960
    www.programmersareevil.com/new-study-confirms-programmers-are-evil
      July 2, 2017 6:41 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Thank you Mr. Bromide. ;)
      July 2, 2017 7:09 AM MDT
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  • 7792
    Being a psychopath just opens your mind up to to the more crazier things in life like other normal people.
      July 1, 2017 8:56 PM MDT
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  • 53509
    "more crazier"??????


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      July 1, 2017 9:21 PM MDT
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  • Luddite funded.
      July 1, 2017 10:05 PM MDT
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  • 2515
    Prolly not. But they may be sociopaths. When I think about psychopaths, I think about GOP politicians, like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell. 
      July 2, 2017 10:08 AM MDT
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  • 2219
    As a former computer programmer, I can confidently state that I personally am not a psychopath myself.

    However some challenges my managers set seemed a bit insane, such as applying structured programming to unstructured analysis and writing reentrant assembler programs though the latter was useful when I set one up to call itself. Other exciting pastimes included using meaningless four letter combos for field names, including only cryptic comments and arranging the program subroutines alphabetically.        This post was edited by Malizz at July 2, 2017 12:19 PM MDT
      July 2, 2017 11:23 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Since workplaces tend to imitate the behaviors of industry leaders, the trend you describe is not surprising.


    Cartoon provided by Old School
      July 2, 2017 11:42 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    i think theyre wrong
      July 2, 2017 4:59 PM MDT
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