[LouisSayers]

I don't know... looking back at my career software engineers I've worked with have on a whole been overweight or skinny fat.

Honestly can't remember chatting to any of them about the gym - there's been a couple into biking or swimming but only really a handful that seemed into the gym or into doing sports of some kind.

As a software engineer, I would classify myself as a computer nerd, but honestly feel a bit out of place with a lot of ppl that work in the industry. I don't watch Dr Who or Star Trek, don't read fiction, and I enjoy extreme sports, martial arts etc.

It can feel like a strange dynamic, and I can see how thinking of a "computer nerd" brings up an image of Bill Gates or Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons for most people.

[terribleperson]

Martial arts fits into a particular (now rather outdated) hacker stereotype that can be seen in The Jargon File.