by forwardslash

If only the San Francisco Chronicle article 'Brogrammers' challenge coders' nerdy image had come out on April 1. If only, it was a joke. If only.

But these self-styled 'brogrammers' have decided that what the almost all-male world of programming needs is an injection of... frat-house antics. Great, just, great. Here's a choice quote from one of these neanderthals people:

"We got invited to a party in Malibu where there were naked women in the hot tub," said Stern-Sapad, 25. "We're the cool programmers."

The article continues:

"I don't need to wear a pocket protector to be a programmer," says John Manoogian III, a software engineer and entrepreneur.

Exsqueeze me? Baking powder? Who the hell wears a pocket protector? But (shock! horror!), the whole 'brogrammer' thing might just be a little off putting to women programmers (you, know, the "hogrammers" the brogrammers sometimes have to work with):