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According to T-shirt selection, most open source developers are overweight

Posted by Julie188 on · 7 comments
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When thinking of an open source developer, most us of probably think of a male in his 30’s, overweight, long beard, and socially awkward. While this is just a stereotype and not a true reflection of all open source developers, there is some truth in the weight category and I have some T-shirt statistics that make the case.

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Comments (7)

dinotrac ·
So...

Stop writing free software and lose weight?

Hmmmm.

With no software to write, you watch more TV...

Watch more TV, run into old Jack LaLanne reruns... Maybe even Richard Simmons.

Freak out, kick the TV.

Electricity ensues, along with a coma. Six months later, wake up strangely refreshed and much thinner, albeit with an inexplicable violated feeling.



azerthoth ·
A nice logical progression dino, mind you I seem to need the opposite approach. I need to sit down and write more.
Steven_Rosenber ·
"Drop down and give me 20 ... lines of C code"
Scott_Ruecker ·
No no no, don't you get it?

Smart people tend to be fat..in shape people tend to be beautiful..

If that makes sense I got some ocean front property in Yuma for ya..
azerthoth ·
So what if your in shape but not beautiful?
jhansonxi ·
My solution: http://terratrike.com/rover.php Pounding on the keyboard wasn't enough.

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