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by JamesLeonis 2807 days ago
> Depending on what year the quote is from

It's from "On the Management of Computer Programming" published in 1970. He complained about some of programmers being Haight-Ashbury hippies and disliked programmers' desire for "beards, sandals, and other symbols of rugged individualism."

The more things change, and some such...

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Interesting. That sounds like it could be a fun read just to see the change in management styles around programmers.