a few stolen programmer funnies (and some OC)

the most powerful character(s) in any PL .. the comment tags

this is what it's like looking back at my code from freshman year

credits: xkcd

don't talk to me or my son ever again

I'm personally of the "less is more" camp when it comes to comments

credits: geek & poke.

Now you're probably thinking, hey wait a sec, this isn't programming-related!

Well sir or madam you are right (kind of)! If you're still reading this you've been ensnared in my clever trap to shpeal to you about my thesis!! (Yeah, this is the OC I mentioned in the title, sorry to disappoint you). So here's an Imgur-friendly version of my recruitment blog post(https://insightfulbytes.wordpress.com/) with some ~exclusive~ commentary from yours truly!

Think of all of the different developers you’ve worked with (except steve. steve nests his if-statements and names his variables x, y and z. fuck you steve). Have you noticed that all of them tend to approach problems differently? Differently from one another, and differently from you?

Have you ever wondered why this is the case? Do we, as developers, stumble upon one way of doing things and thus become the man with the hammer – to whom everything looks like a nail? Or do we tend to change our strategies when presented with different scenarios? Maybe our strategies even depend on the kind of day we’re having.

Needless to say, most programmers learn quickly that there are many (sometimes infinite, sometimes terrible *cough*steve) ways to solve a problem. As such, problems can be approached from many different directions, much like searching for buried treasure (the treasure is a bug someone who left the company 3 years ago introduced) or building a new addition to your house (features? enhancements? let's call it a bug so we can fit more into our sprint). We were curious to find out why we make the decisions that we do, and how we are influenced in making those decisions.

As a developer, now it’s your turn to help us find out (pls). Help researchers (it me) at the Developer Experience Design Lab better understand programmers, learn how you approach programming, and see how you stack up (estimated time: 20-25 minutes)

Check out the survey here (WARNING: videos may be upsetting to some):

https://gmu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_25F5lLLkObDWHTD

And be sure to tell your programmer friends! The more the merrier. And hopefully, you’ll get to learn a little bit more about yourself in the process.

Cheers!

TL;DR OP is trying to finish grad school and needs help gathering data, please take my survey (link above)