Thread by @ScottWlaschin

You're not a real developer if you don't have a computer science degree
You're not a real developer if you weren't hacking when you were eight years old
You're not a real developer if you don't spend your spare time coding
You're not a real developer if you do it for the money

You're not a real developer if you don't understand math jokes
You're not a real developer if you've never heard of XKCD
You're not a real developer if you don't like Star Wars
You're not a real developer if you don't play video games

You're not a real developer if you're not passionate about coding
You're not a real developer if you don't read Hacker News and /r/programming
You're not a real developer if you've never gatekept about who's a real developer

You're not a real developer if you're too extrovert
You're not a real developer if you're too sincere
You're not a real developer if you don't feel an urge to tell everyone your strong opinion, weakly held

You're not a real developer if you like pink
You're not a real developer if you wear makeup
You're not a real developer if you wear a suit
You're not a real developer if you cry

You're not a real developer if you're over 50
You're not a real developer if you're visibly pregnant
You're not a real developer if you care more about your family than your code
You're not a real developer if you're not a good cultural fit

You're not a real developer if you work in Lagos, or Nairobi, or Accra
You're not a real developer if you work in Lima, or Caracas, or Quito
You're not a real developer if you work in Surabaya, or Pasig, or Kuala Lumpur

You're not a real developer if you use Visual Basic
You're not a real developer if you use PHP
You're not a real developer if you use COBOL

You're not a real developer if you use JavaScript
You're not a real developer if you DON'T use JavaScript

You're not a real developer if you don't know C
You're not a real developer if you don't know Lisp
You're not a real developer if you don't know Haskell

You're not a real developer if you don't use open source tools
You're not a real developer if you don't use the command line
You're not a real developer if you can't type fast

You're not a real developer if you don't have a deep knowledge of your operating system
You're not a real developer if you don't have a deep knowledge of algorithms
You're not a real developer if you don't know how a compiler works

You're not a real developer if you use Windows
You're not a real developer if you use an IDE
You're not a real developer if you don't use source control
You're not a real developer if you've never put anything on GitHub

You're not a real developer if you've never heard of SOLID
You're not a real developer if you don't use patterns
You're unprofessional if you don't do TDD

You're not a real developer if you've never used Stack Overflow
(this one is true, actually)

/end

I reached my limit today and felt compelled to write this.
Sadly, most of this is based on things I've actually heard :(

Originally inspired by a tweet from @SamWritesCode:

https://twitter.com/SamWritesCode/status/970395413869051905

And this tweet by @bphogan pushed me over the edge.

https://twitter.com/bphogan/status/1078361643594248193

And this similar thread from @lanettecream as well -- there's a lot of people who are fed up.

https://twitter.com/lanettecream/status/1078661704098054145