[fifthesteight]

I haven't used IRC since middle school, back when I was 31337. Way back from the days when there was a leading '3.'

It's great you mention 'being a prick,' because that's what I said out loud as I read your article. I was tickled by the fact that you mentioned it, so I do respect that you know your strengths.

This might work for you, and for the projects you work on, and I think it's not a bad recommendation for positions that need... that kind of stuff.

[toast0]

If people judged me based on my IRC behavior, I would be in big trouble. I'm pretty sure staying off IRC when I moved to a 4-year college was a good choice for me (circa 2000).

That said, experience causing net splits by CTCP flooding #quebec on undernet was helpful for understanding a situation where Erlang/OTP pg2 was flooding itself into oblivion. :)