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Is common to see developers enjoy technology, to care about intangible things (like stackoverflows badges, videogames records), a lot of them really like music and usually the have a particular humor sense…so what’s the psychological pattern between them ? what is the influence of the context? What makes this vocation so particular?

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You might find Jeff's post on Asperger's syndrome interesting...

Michael Sharek
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Eric Raymond has some thoughts on the matter in his "How To Become a Hacker" and maintains some in the Jargon File. Both are a little more general than "software developers", and might be reasonable criticized as slightly self-congratulatory, but there are both good reads.

dmckee

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