[jychang]

Hi Michelle!

That's not too hard to explain. Some programmers see themselves as part of a clique. Their code and ways are what keeps them superior, experts in the field that they work in. The sunscreen that coats their javascript perhaps took them a hard couple hours of debugging to discover, and many programmers are the type of people who feel and rationalize "If it took me this long, this newb should go through the same process".

Of course, there are many exceptions- all the online communities, forums, etc. But there's always some part that does work as I described. Hell, even I get annoyed sometimes and tell someone who's starting out "go google why you don't want a GOTO statement in code"...

[sillysaurus]

Programmers see themselves as part of a clique. Their code and ways are what keeps them superior, experts in the field that they work in.

Any programmer who thinks like that is a poser.

[coldtea]

OT, but speaking of cliques and programmers, it seems that I've hit that point again where after you get around 1000 HN karma somebody from the upper echelons clips you (slow ban, etc) as not to threaten them.

I'm not sure why this always happens just after the 1000 mark.

Artificially reducing some ill-considered "competition"?

[kruipen]

... and they will address you by your first name on a public forum, showing how friendly they can be to the normals.

[jychang]

Because I'm her friend IRL?