The Brogrammer was on a call, presumably to his manager. He was talking about a recent Programming exam he did. He then says “I didn’t understand most of the questions, so I just guessed. It was multiple choice so if I passed, it was down to luck”

You have to admire his honesty.

Not much to update on the Brogrammer situation but I did laugh when I saw him in a meeting, playing with a Rubix cube.

A few days later I walked past his desk and he was watching some Let’s Play of a strategy game like Command & Conquer. Usually, if people are chilling, they will put it in a small window even though it’s not even that inconspicuous. The Brogrammer had it full-screen; maximum chill. To be fair, I do hear him ask a lot of questions about code, so he is putting in effort. I just love his brogramming style though.

He was saying how he loves challenging himself to do things he is intimidated by, so he volunteered to present the team’s work to the department. He said he came up with the idea of using Text To Speech instead of actually speaking. His team members thought he was joking but he seemed very pleased with his idea. One guy asked him to speak to the Product Owner about it, because ultimately they would be responsible for the presentation. His reply was;

“mate, you haven’t heard it; it is proper sick!”

The Brogrammer

This week, we have a group of Junior developers starting out their careers. Despite our casual dress code, I find that people usually turn up smartly dressed for the first week. I think only two of these new starters turned up in what could be described as smart-casual, and the others were very casual.

One guy has caught my attention. He turns up late for his first day dressed in a very urban style and wearing a baseball cap indoors. He then joins his team in a meeting, slouched as low as he can. He even brought his Vape to the meeting to charge. I’m gonna deem him The Brogrammer.

For his second day, he opts for a similar dress code, but this time casually rests his stereo headphones on top of his cap, whilst drinking his oversized bottle of Lucozade.

I love how he has made no effort to make a positive impression with his appearance or demeanour. My approach would be to try to be professional until I fully gauge the culture then begin to blend in.

Hopefully, he can be the source of some good stories.