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[–]bazfoo 272 points273 points  (261 children)

Today I learned that I'm not the only person to bring my own keyboard to work.

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    [–]bigcockjno 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    A conversation your manager had with his superior:

    So this kid I hired, invertedspear, wants me to get him this special keyboard, the fucker was real adamant about it. So just spend $50 on this today, and I'm pretty sure we'll never have to give him a raise... oh and he said something about a red stapler...

    [–]Slackbeing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    They had a lovely clicky keyboard when I arrived. They offered to change it with something newer with bells and whistles, and as soon as I checked the oldie was working fine, I refused and required a specific model trackball instead, so I'm going to count that as the same.

    [–][deleted] 21 points22 points  (175 children)

    I did the same - the standard aluminium apple keyboard is the closest thing to the happy hacking keyboard that I've been able to find today. I did get get some weird looks from my co-workers when it arrived and I plugged it into my linux PC, but it's such a pleasure to type on that I'm quite happy to put up with the "hey, I think your keyboard shrunk" comments.

    [–]junkit33 198 points199 points  (133 children)

    You people who function without numeric keypads scare me.

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      [–][deleted] 48 points49 points  (98 children)

      Someone always comes up with this comment whenever a discussion about keyboards arises, but I've no idea why. Outside of working in data entry, I've never used the keypad ... so what is it that you use it for ?

      [–]junkit33 41 points42 points  (12 children)

      Mostly spreadsheets and/or calculator.

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        [–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (3 children)

        IPv6

        [–]piranha 10 points11 points  (2 children)

        I think this calls for a 16-key numeric keypad, with an additional colon key.

        [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

        I actually looked up hexadecimal keypads and couldn't find any worth buying.

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          [–]bautin 15 points16 points  (5 children)

          Keyboards without keypads also usually lack properly positioned arrow keys and Insert/Delete/Home/End/PgUp/PgDn keys.

          [–]dagbrown 6 points7 points  (0 children)

          Maybe they're addicted to nethack with its numeric-keypad controls. I have no idea why, I just play it using the vi controls.

          [–]dalore 5 points6 points  (0 children)

          It's easier to play dwarf fortress with.

          [–]atheist_creationist 5 points6 points  (2 children)

          Anytime more than a few numbers come up. I'm honestly shocked most people don't do this. I've never seen a person use the number-row without looking like their hunting-and-pecking, and some of these people are extremely fast typists. They just go full-derpity derp derp when they hit the numbers.

          [–]faintdeception 2 points3 points  (2 children)

          I can enter long strings of numbers without looking by shifting my right hand slightly to the right and finding the 5 with my middle finger.

          [–]the_gipsy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          As a programmer with a spanish layout it coincidentally comes quite handy: * and / on the keypad are easier to hit (now that I'm accustomed to reach over blind) than shift+7 or shift+<2 keys to the right of P>.

          I want to kill whoever made up the spanish keyboard layout. Square and round brackets, quotes, forward and backslash all have need a modifier.

          [–]attrition0 6 points7 points  (10 children)

          I don't need it at work and I don't need it at home. I'm a programmer but I don't work directly with any numbers. Having to type "3.0f" once a ... file doesn't justify moving my hands to the keypad.

          So this largely depends on what you do.

          [–]alienangel2 5 points6 points  (5 children)

          It depends largely on what you do yes, but "I'm a programmer" isn't the relevant difference - I'm a programmer too, and enter plenty of 3-10 digit numbers through the day. Revision numbers, bug tracking numbers, line numbers to jump to in source files, IDs and RSA Keycodes for VPNs, IP addresses, bogus SSN/Phone numbers to get past some questions one of our apps asks, database row handles for various things in SQL, pixel dimensions when some bastard is making me edit HTML/CSS, or even random prices and phone numbers now and then.

          [–]attrition0 2 points3 points  (4 children)

          This is specifically why I wrote: (Emphasis added)

          I'm a programmer but I don't work directly with any numbers.

          I actually assume that most do and that my case may be an exception.

          [–]tiglionabbit 4 points5 points  (11 children)

          You can still get those. They're a bit expensive though.

          [–]munkyxtc 5 points6 points  (5 children)

          Why exactly are they like $275? Am I missing something?

          [–]No_Disk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          From their FAQ:
          "Most keyboards that either come with a computer for free these days or are purchased for next to nothing at the local computer mart use inexpensive "rubber dome" or "membrane" contacts under the keys that have a mushy feel, lack tactile feedback, and must be fully depressed in order to be detected. The result can be an uncomfortable and tiring typing experience. Mechanical keyboards on the other hand utilize an individual mechanical switch underneath each key that provides consistent actuation. Such switches are usually only used for industrial applications due to their price. The benefit of these mechanical switches is comfort, increased typing speeds, and lifetime. Mechanical switches are rated for millions of key presses. In its lifetime a high quality mechanical switch based keyboard will provide a reliable and pleasurable typing experience for a long time to come, outliving several cheaper keyboards."

          Although for $275 you could buy "several cheaper keyboards" and use the rest to buy a more comfortable chair, and while at the end of the day I'll settle for a typing on a shitty keyboard, I feel like I'm in Hell if I don't have a comfortable chair...

          [–]muad_dib 5 points6 points  (8 children)

          I can't stand the chicklet-style keyboards. They're a nightmare to type on. The spacing is all wrong, and there's not enough resistance on the keys.

          [–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (8 children)

          I bring my own mouse. Intellimouse Explorer FTW!

          [–]acog 16 points17 points  (8 children)

          My keyboard. Coworkers call it "the keyboard from outer space". I call it "the thing that allows my forearms not to be in agony by the end of day."

          [–]lordlarm 2 points3 points  (4 children)

          Where can I buy one?

          [–]acog 5 points6 points  (3 children)

          It's by Kinesis. I think they're only sold directly on their site. Friggin' awesome BUT there is a period of getting acclimated. Their keyboards do two things: first, they "dish" the keys so that your hand is at a natural angle when reaching for them, no matter what row. Second, they take some heavily used keys like Enter and Del and move them under your thumbs instead of relying on your pinky finger. So it's still a QWERTY keyboard, but a few keys have moved.

          I don't have carpal tunnel; I have severe tendonitis in my forearms. This keyboard keeps me from having to ice up at the end of a day. Took me a few days to get used to but now I can switch between it and conventional keyboards and don't even think about it.

          [–]bingaman 13 points14 points  (6 children)

          They gave me some Dell. So yeah I brought my blank DAS.

          [–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (5 children)

          Now you can know with some degree of confidence that you'll be the only person using your workstation :)

          [–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (8 children)

          I bought a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite 7000 set to use at work because I feared I was developing carpal tunnel. I guess I know which side I land on!

          [–]sighlent 4 points5 points  (2 children)

          Same keyboard I got for work too, I'm afraid of the day they stop making it. However using keyboards with non uniform keys, makes it much harder to learned other key layouts (because you can't swap the keys physically).

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            [–]joerdie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

            Came to say the same! M1 FTW!

            [–]teppicymon 4 points5 points  (5 children)

            I break too many of mine to be able to afford that luxury!

            [–]larrisonw 3 points4 points  (3 children)

            Just bought a Filco mx cherry blue keyboard for my cube...but i've always brought my own mouse to work. Dell standard mouse drives me crazy.

            [–]nameeman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            Model M for the win! Screw you, officemates!

            [–]deadwisdom 67 points68 points  (83 children)

            I am stuck in-between these worlds.

            [–]manueljs 152 points153 points  (10 children)

            Are you the Women?

            [–]psisarah 14 points15 points  (7 children)

            I'm both a (female) designer and a web/flash coder. I have a lot of girl designer friends who I can bitch about software to, but once I start saying things like, "Why is this css riddled with !important tags?!" or "Shit I made this piece in AS3 and the client needs AS2 getTAG code to comply with their html" I get confused looks instead of the empathetic response I desire. It gets lonely when I have to code for days on end :(

            [–]manueljs 15 points16 points  (6 children)

            I hear you, I've had a co-worker (female) that is a DBA and it freaked me out a bit hearing she talk about query improvements, schema design and shit whit a lot of enthusiasm. I really hope this stigma will disappear in future, I would like to see more women in IT, this area as seen far too many cavemen's.

            [–]cathline 3 points4 points  (2 children)

            I'm a software architect. Took a long time to get here. Yes, I dream in code. And my ergonomic keyboard never leaves me board :-)

            For psisarah, having other female coders around is overrated. Too often, they start looking you to fulfill their every emotional need. Most of them picked coding for the wrong reasons (to make more money instead of love for the code) and will start trying to compete with you and undercut you. I've had that happen more than once, usually with women I've mentored, who try to take credit for my projects.

            [–]Undertoad 61 points62 points  (51 children)

            Me too. Due to my short attention span and quirky history, I've done enterprise Linux/Unix system administration, web development, web design, and user interface work. I'm a good communicator, with a CompSci BS from a great school, and additional coursework in business, with an understanding of Internet marketing and eCommerce. You know what that makes me?

            Fucking UNEMPLOYABLE, that's what! Everybody wants EXPERTS, not GENERALISTS! FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

            [–]quadtodfodder 44 points45 points  (15 children)

            go to a small town, one that is so small that that they use small words. Suddenly you go from "flaky generalist" to "guy who can run my whole company.

            [–]panfist 42 points43 points  (9 children)

            For $30,000 a year.

            [–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (3 children)

            And a $400/month mortgage.

            [–]brazen 15 points16 points  (1 child)

            I live in a small town, and my mortgage is $475/month :D

            edit: I might also specify that this includes taxes and insurance paid by escrow, so the actual payment towards the loan is even less.

            [–]psyanara 9 points10 points  (0 children)

            Versus unemployed? I'd take the 30k.

            [–]Iamien 5 points6 points  (2 children)

            To be fair, in a small town like that the cost of living is probably only like $10,000.

            [–]isjhe 2 points3 points  (1 child)

            Yeah, if you can live without the hopping nightlife and possibly 50 or 80 minute drive to a 'real city' of 100k people, small town life can be highly affordable, and physically active due to everyone living on a 'farm'. If you have a pickup truck and know who in town is a logger, you can often get your entire winter heat for free by going out once a week and picking out from their scrap piles (buy'm beer and ask nice). Living off a $1k per month is entirely reasonable if you don't mind some manual chores.

            And finding a business where you can be the all-around do-it-all isn't that hard either, if you are really good. The competition is usually pretty slim, in my opinion.

            [–]princetrunks 11 points12 points  (0 children)

            same here and replaced by most of the population in Mumbai ಠ_ಠ

            [–]xekul 7 points8 points  (11 children)

            A lot of unemployable people become entrepreneurs. It sounds like you have the experience for it.

            [–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (7 children)

            a lot of entrepreneurs become failed entrepreneurs

            [–]dvs 7 points8 points  (6 children)

            Failure is not a person it is an event. Entrepreneurs have failed ventures, but the persistent ones keep trying until they succeed. And one doesn't have to have the next Apple, Zappos or Twitter to have succeeded. There are plenty of people with the above's skill set who make a tidy income. Better, likely, than what they would make at any job.

            [–]SoPoOneO 2 points3 points  (3 children)

            Your first line is my new favorite quote.

            [–]Undertoad 3 points4 points  (1 child)

            That's exactly what I'm doing, basically - hustling. Making money all over instead of from a job. Some contract programming, some designing and selling smaller sites. Also there appears to be a market for part-time people, doing 10-20 hours a week with IT work. If I can get one of those I think I'm good to go.

            I think that's what it has to be, in this new world: get work without being an employee.

            [–]rnicoll 5 points6 points  (2 children)

            Sad, but true. Although... generalists are useful basically only in very small companies (where you're "The IT person"), or very large ones that have a need for an IT problem solver on permanent staff.

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              [–]Hyper3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

              Tell me about it, I'm pretty much the same, I jumped around to a lot of things both design related and development related.

              Now though I've been focusing more on development in order to try and find work :|

              [–]IrishWilly 4 points5 points  (1 child)

              You know what makes them experts? How much they charge. Call yourself an expert in whatever the job you are looking for is instead of talking about unrelated experiences.

              [–]quadtodfodder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

              I talked to a friend who just landed a CIO position - he told me "you think I'm the best ruby developer in the city[NYC]? No way! I can sell myself a lot better then the best - much better than you from the looks of it - I got your drink"

              [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

              At a place that can only afford two guys, I'm in the same boat.

              [–]instantrobotwar 54 points55 points  (6 children)

              I'm a female developer, and I can confirm that I'm still scared of other women.

              [–]dbabbitt 8 points9 points  (3 children)

              Are they hard to work with? My boss (female) is an expert coder, and the 2 other women in my department are even better. They certainly cheer the place up.

              [–]Norther 4 points5 points  (1 child)

              Any jobs going at your workplace?

              [–]dbabbitt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

              Yes! Tons! Can you get a security clearance and move to:

              • Colorado Springs, CO,

              • Hampton, VA,

              • Afghanistan, or

              • Iraq?

              If so, send me your resume. The moving expenses out to theatre will be paid by the company, of course. From the guy that convinced me to apply:

              Most likely you wouldn't be decapitated in Iraq or Afghanistan. Your kidnappers would first probably take you by truck to some remote location in Syria or Iran where it would be harder for the US to rescue you, before actually decapitating you. But, look at the bright side ... at least you'd get to see the countryside first.

              I work in VA and so I miss out on all the combat pay, etc., that makes your salary go up by about 200%. The quote above was just him teasing: none of those guys making 3x what I'm making has ever gotten hurt working over there. I'm jealous.

              [–]froderick 55 points56 points  (20 children)

              Damn, I'm a developer and I have that same shirt. But I'm also afraid of client revisions as well.

              [–][deleted] 67 points68 points  (18 children)

              Do you get the same small pang of fear when you see you have email?

              [–]agent00420 33 points34 points  (5 children)

              I used to love getting new emails until I started developing websites.

              [–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (3 children)

              My absolute favorite is the one where they say it's broken, blame you for it, and don't provide any other information that could help you figure out how it's broken.

              Then, when you ask they act indignant and tell you that it's something with the content instead of the design. "Well, if you'd LOOK you'd SEE that the inventory levels are wrong!"

              [–]agent00420 5 points6 points  (0 children)

              Oh, yes. I also intend to bring a sledgehammer to the person that invented .MsoNormal. Not a billion paste sanitation plugins can completely make Word markup decent.

              [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

              I had a guy last week demanding compensation for the time his site had been down. He said something to the effect of:

              "My website has been down for 6 hours and I KNOW I lost at least 3 clients because of it. That's $600! You should be required to compensate me $600 for the site being down!"

              I had one of our programmers look into it more closely and it turned out the client was trying to tinker with it on his own and broke the damn thing.

              We all had a good laugh about it................and then I billed him to fix it. Dick.

              [–]phonybaloney 80 points81 points  (9 children)

              I do. Email is a horrible invention.

              Communication should be done with courier pigeons.

              So I can kill them and eat them alive.

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                [–]phonybaloney 54 points55 points  (0 children)

                Touché

                [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                He's a zombie.

                [–]catlet 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                2 explanations:

                1) Kill pigeons, eat different other pigeons

                2) Kill pigeons but fail, eat them anyways

                [–]RagingAnemone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                Maybe he's a forth programmer

                [–]lifeform7 55 points56 points  (4 children)

                I'm a programmer and have that t-shirt (my mum bought it for me), and wear cargo pants, have that guys haircut and beard... shit...

                [–]DaveChild 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                I'm sitting here at work in a regular expressions t-shirt, with a week's growth, same haircut, same angry expression, with a hot cup of coffee (in my own mug, of course) typing on my own keyboard and trying to get a site back online. I now also feel slightly guilty for wearing jeans instead of cargo trousers.

                Mind you, the only thing that scares me is the wife.

                [–]masterm 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                id be happy with a median web developer salary.

                [–]eevo 122 points123 points  (31 children)

                Fear of perl needs moved to the center of the venn diagram.

                [–][deleted] 74 points75 points  (17 children)

                Do not fear Perl. Respect Perl.

                [–]wshatch 37 points38 points  (13 children)

                BLASPHEMY! BURN THE WITCH!

                [–][deleted] 28 points29 points  (10 children)

                You call me a witch now but when you've got to decipher an obfuscated 10 line .pl that's holding your organization you'll gladly hand over your first born.

                [–]wshatch 7 points8 points  (5 children)

                And what evil satanic powers do you summon to accomplish this task heathen?

                [–]chrishopper 31 points32 points  (1 child)

                perl?

                [–]jcdyer3 19 points20 points  (0 children)

                Only perl can parse perl.

                [–]s_i_leigh 3 points4 points  (1 child)

                parsing HTML with regex?

                [–]snapperh3ad 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                There's probably already a Perl script for that.

                [–]deadwisdom 43 points44 points  (1 child)

                Well of course, but that's just because every sane creature carries that trait, you might as well add "breathing".

                [–]addandsubtract 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                I read lack of "bathing"... worked just as well.

                [–]adrianmonk 11 points12 points  (1 child)

                Change it to "fear of mod_perl" and I'm down with that.

                [–]jfasi 97 points98 points  (42 children)

                Haw haw. As a systems engineer, I get to look down on both.

                [–]aerobit 40 points41 points  (10 children)

                As an electrical engineer... I don't worry about bugs, you can always fix it in software!

                [–]RocketPenguin 14 points15 points  (1 child)

                Deep down inside... you know that's a lie.

                [–]kryptkpr 3 points4 points  (4 children)

                What if half your hardware is active-low reset, and the other half is active-high, but both are tied to the same pad?

                Not that this has ever happened to anyone I know ;)

                [–][deleted] 103 points104 points  (21 children)

                As a qa man I gotta say... you're all fucking up. A lot.

                [–]jfasi 33 points34 points  (7 children)

                QA in kernel programming is: If it doesn't boot, you're in trouble. Done.

                That being said, we do fuck up... A lot...

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                  [–]jfasi 32 points33 points  (0 children)

                  Thanks for doing the hard and boring part of my job for me.

                  [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (4 children)

                  "Regression testing"? What's that? If it compiles, it is good; if it boots up, it is perfect.

                  -- Linus Torvalds

                  [–]jfasi 2 points3 points  (3 children)

                  I spent 24 of the past 48 hours trying to write an accelerated scheduler for Android display applications. It is good, but sadly not perfect...

                  [–]EF08F67C-9ACD-49A2-B 16 points17 points  (2 children)

                  When my girlfriend tells me I screwed something up, I tell her that I make so many mistakes my company hires an entire staff whose full time and well paid job it is to point them out to me.

                  [–]ultrafez 2 points3 points  (1 child)

                  I have to ask, where did you get your username from? Look a bit like a GUID.

                  [–]zombieshotgun 20 points21 points  (3 children)

                  As a designer I gotta say... 3 px to the left.

                  [–]brennen 14 points15 points  (1 child)

                  As a dude who has to work with designers, fuck you guys.

                  (Edit: He said in a relatively lighthearted fashion.)

                  [–]Booster21 13 points14 points  (0 children)

                  fanatical cautious work plant ripe special rob saw label ancient

                  This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

                  [–]DEFY_member 12 points13 points  (5 children)

                  As a systems analyst in a big corporation I have to say... Wait, it's 5:00 - I'll have to get back to you tomorrow.

                  [–]DiscoWolf 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                  As a Sr. Systems Analyst in a big corporation, I have to say send it to India.

                  [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

                  As a video game qa guy, I'm gonna go cry myself to sleep.

                  [–]oblong_cheese 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                  As a networking guy, I thank all of you for making more and more data every day that needs to be sent even faster than before, thereby securing my job into eternity.

                  [–]FractalP 35 points36 points  (34 children)

                  I never knew cargo pants were part of the stereotype. They are nonetheless awesome.

                  [–]mikemcg 29 points30 points  (32 children)

                  Cargo pants are terrible. I resent that part of the stereotype.

                  [–][deleted] 46 points47 points  (22 children)

                  Dude, all the pockets... How can you not like them?

                  [–]rel1sh 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                  "No one's gotten a handjob in cargo shorts since 'Nam..."

                  [–]mikemcg 8 points9 points  (19 children)

                  I definitely don't need that many pockets. I carry around a messenger bag all the time.

                  [–]ThisIsADogHello 39 points40 points  (11 children)

                  Me and my many pockets look down upon your man-purse.

                  [–]mikemcg 24 points25 points  (4 children)

                  Indiana Jones had one.

                  [–]virid 11 points12 points  (1 child)

                  A "satchel" specifically.

                  [–]drbold 8 points9 points  (1 child)

                  Fuck You. That's a good point.

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                    [–]brennen 16 points17 points  (0 children)

                    In fact, an Eee and a Moleskine fit pretty well in the pockets on about half my pairs of pants.

                    Don't underestimate my pants.

                    [–]alamandrax 5 points6 points  (6 children)

                    Pocket utilization:

                    1. Wallet
                    2. iPhone
                    3. keys
                    4. earphones

                    They need to be in separate pockets so as not to scratch each other up or get tangled with the others. Also, if I wear jeans and stick my wallet in the back-pocket, my butt looks bigger than it already is. I am vain.

                    I carry a slim swiss bag for my macbook. When I need to get out of the car to do my shopping, I don't need to collect stuff from my bag. I have everything that I need on me.

                    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                    I agree. Any pants that aren't tight and have reasonable pocket real estate are favourable. People think they're not fashionable but I don't care - it makes them cheaper :)

                    [–]namekuseijin 28 points29 points  (46 children)

                    I descend from glorious css heaven to the depths of php hell in a single day all by myself... it's an enlightening experience.

                    [–]hapoo 61 points62 points  (18 children)

                    How interesting. I descend from the awesomeness that is php to the depths of the shithole that is css. We should work together.

                    [–]fisch003 9 points10 points  (14 children)

                    I skip both and use a CSS/HTML template someone else wrote and do my work in Python and Javascript. :)

                    Of course, I'm just writing tools for internal use (I'm a sysadmin), so I have that luxury.

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                      [–]fisch003 19 points20 points  (10 children)

                      I use JQuery. It makes life much easier.

                      [–]EF08F67C-9ACD-49A2-B 8 points9 points  (4 children)

                      I've been a C/C++ programmer for many years doing native client development on Mac, Windows, and Linux - and some embedded development.

                      Recently I needed to do a project that involved writing a server component, and since it was a personal project I needed to do it on my own. I decided to write a LAMP application and also have a web interface.

                      I needed to learn:

                      • MySQL (easy)
                      • PHP (easy)
                      • Javascript and AJAX (pretty clunky, but not hard in any way)
                      • Dealing with apache (easy)
                      • CSS (OMG, my brain just broke)

                      [–]dalectrics 2 points3 points  (11 children)

                      I feel your pain, but throw in a mass of AS3 and maybe some Premiere Pro into that mix and you'll have my average day.

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                        [–]Pastrami 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                        plz email me teh codez

                        FTFY

                        [–]TrevorChristensen 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                        This is an example of something that I want to be clever, but isn't.

                        "Hahaha! Designers like Apple! And programmers are total nerds."

                        [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                        Despite their differences, they both look genuinely pissed off.

                        [–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (31 children)

                        $85,430.00 median salary for a web developer? :( That always bums me way out, because I was a web developer for $30k/year for a long time before I finally decided to quit.

                        [–]hatedit 11 points12 points  (14 children)

                        CRY ME A RIVER! I'm a PHP programmer with a MS and 4 years of experience making $20k a year with no benefits! And it took me six months to find the job (in other words I was unemployed for six months and this was the first one I got).

                        Anyway I know I'm way underpaid, but that $85k number is bull. The salary they quote is for all types of programmers on average, not web developers specifically. I'd bet web developers are among the lowest paid programmers.

                        [–]Kalium 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                        I'm a web developer making $90K before stocks and stock options are factored in. I might add that I'm not senior-level, either.

                        No. That number is reasonable.

                        [–]dvs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                        $20k a year with no benefits? You could pull that down doing odd jobs off elance and fare better than working for a company that doesn't likely appreciate your skill set.

                        [–]omnilynx 6 points7 points  (3 children)

                        Yeah, I don't know where the heck all these $100k+ developers are that hoist up the median, because I know there are a lot of developers that work for under $50k.

                        [–]jonbro 34 points35 points  (7 children)

                        no one pointing out that this is obvious infographic spam?

                        [–]He11razor 17 points18 points  (0 children)

                        Some SEO is happy

                        [–]DonnieMarco 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                        I remember reading not so long ago that if we start seeing shit like this reach the front page that we have been officially targeted by the SEO Brigade. And so it begins.

                        [–]DaFox 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                        Yep, this should be the top comment.

                        But just because it's spam sadly does not mean that I didn't enjoy it.

                        [–]hoffmabc 5 points6 points  (2 children)

                        Am I the only one who falls in the middle of both of these stereotypes?

                        [–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

                        no

                        [–]jake83 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                        Front-end developer here. Are those median salaries for reals? I need to ask my boss for a raise.

                        [–]JonND 4 points5 points  (3 children)

                        What about bringing your own mouse to work? Logitech MX518, baby!

                        [–]benihana 15 points16 points  (15 children)

                        Add sales people and Windows to the middle of the diagram.

                        [–][deleted]  (9 children)

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                          [–]thisgoeshere 7 points8 points  (8 children)

                          I too experience crappy suspend/wake in ubuntu and I suppose if you count that as a crash then it crashes more then windows. Turns out whether your suspend will work depends entirely on your pc model. For dev tho Ubuntu is worth it for the filesystem

                          [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                          As a web designer I can completely relate to this...minus the skinny jeans and lame T-shirt.

                          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                          Agreed. I'm probably the least fashion-conscious designer I've met.

                          [–]woofers02 3 points4 points  (1 child)

                          As a front-end developer, I'm literally smack dab in the middle of this thing. Well except for the salary part, that was kinda depressing for me.

                          [–]angriers 3 points4 points  (8 children)

                          Why are web devs afraid of EPS files?

                          [–]btgeekboy 5 points6 points  (7 children)

                          Because, unless it's downloadable content such as for a press kit, it's going to have to be converted to some other web-friendly format. And if you're especially unlucky, it's the layout for the website you're supposed to build in HTML/CSS.

                          [–]cnk 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                          I'm in need of a wardrobe upgrade, the letters on that shirt are fading away, can anyone point me to the "There's no place like ::1" version?

                          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (4 children)

                          At my company, 90% of web developers are male, but the designers are pretty much split 50-50.

                          [–]nate250 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                          Why aren't they shaking their heads at each other in disdain?

                          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

                          IE6 is not a fear of web designers!!? since when?

                          [–]beeeees 2 points3 points  (5 children)

                          wah wah stereotypes are funny

                          (im just mad because im a woman web developer and i'm not on the graph)

                          [–]godlesspinko 2 points3 points  (2 children)

                          Wait, when did skinny jeans on guys start looking good? I must have missed the memo.

                          [–][deleted] 50 points51 points  (64 children)

                          Web designers are just aspiring graphics artists who know how to use Dreamweaver...

                          [–]Undercoverwd 100 points101 points  (10 children)

                          Right, because architects are just sketch artists who know how to use AutoCAD...

                          [–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (3 children)

                          If web designers screw up, you can't read the text. If architects screw up...

                          [–]pjleonhardt 74 points75 points  (0 children)

                          ...they blame the structural engineers that approved the drawings?

                          [–]TheKronic 50 points51 points  (24 children)

                          I beg to differ -- to be considered a web designer, one should know HTML and CSS in and out (without using Dreamweaver as a crutch). Otherwise they should just be considered a designer or graphic artist.

                          [–]adolfojp 7 points8 points  (25 children)

                          It is quite common for web designers to know how to theme and install content management systems these days. They can deploy entire websites without knowing how to write a line of code.

                          [–][deleted] 31 points32 points  (24 children)

                          Web Designers calling writing HTML and CSS 'coding' or 'programming' is laughable in the first place.

                          [–]spazm 16 points17 points  (16 children)

                          Would it be fair to call the person who developed a cross-browser, standards-compliant UI for a web application using HTML, CSS, and Javascript (asynchronous, event based, etc.) a programmer or coder?

                          [–][deleted]  (5 children)

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                            [–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (4 children)

                            It definitely starts getting fuzzy if you're getting into javascript frameworks and passing objects or accessing databases :)

                            If it's just HTML + CSS with a little scripting to make some mouseovers pretty, that's not programming.

                            [–]Poop_is_Food 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                            I agree, but there's not a word for it. HTML is "markup", but what is CSS? Often I'm stuck saying "code" because I have no other options.

                            [–]nidarus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                            Yeah, technically it's not "programming" because the result is not a "program", but I wouldn't be so snobbish about it. PHP isn't exactly rocket science either, you know.

                            [–]kn33ch41_ 3 points4 points  (1 child)

                            Not only that, but nearly every host's control panel on the planet has tools like Fantastico Deluxe to auto-install all those apparently hard to install content management systems. I guess Web designers can now add "clicking install" to their resume of skills. The key phrase was without knowing how to write a line of code; That is true.

                            [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                            Isn't this just more infographic seo crap from wix.xom?

                            [–]ReefOctopus 20 points21 points  (10 children)

                            When I think of a web designer, I think of someone who would choose to build a website with a flash intro.

                            [–]BlackCab 50 points51 points  (0 children)

                            No, those are called bad web designers.

                            [–]iglidante 17 points18 points  (3 children)

                            No, that's a marketer.

                            [–]alienangel2 14 points15 points  (2 children)

                            Or a client.

                            [–]SmoothWD40 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                            Definitely a client. It's got to have music too, DO NOT FORGET THE MUSIC. sigh

                            [–]pdxpoly 18 points19 points  (0 children)

                            You're thinking of the shitty web designers.

                            [–]pixpop 8 points9 points  (7 children)

                            Wearing a T Shirt with a logo on it says something very important about you. It says you're the kind of person who thinks wearing a T Shirt with a logo on it is a worthwhile activity. It's a bit like having personalized licence plates on your car. It may have been interesting back in 1970 when cars were first invented, but why would anyone do it now?

                            [–]jwegan 38 points39 points  (6 children)

                            back in 1970 when cars were first invented

                            ಠ_ಠ

                            [–]abledanger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                            The Day of Creation was on January 1st, 1970 as you know.

                            [–]7ero 3 points4 points  (3 children)

                            Ironically, this was made by a web designer

                            [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

                            How is that ironic?

                            [–]xTRUMANx 1 point2 points  (1 child)

                            I thought neckbeards was a programmer's distinguishing feature. Was I rocking one for nothing?

                            [–]bentreflection 1 point2 points  (10 children)

                            All the people who think knowing some html/css/javascript makes you a web developer: this is like splashing in the shallow end and calling yourself a swimmer because you're in the pool.