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		aneth4 on Aug 7, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tips for Novice Developers (and why you should bec... I'm not sure why, but the word rubyist always irks me. It strikes me as pompous and egotistical. And I've been a ruby developer for 7 years.

coreyja on Aug 7, 2013 [–]

True, but it gives me the opportunity to call myself a Pythonian, so I'm OK with it for now.

People always come up with words to describe groups of people, Rubyist isn't the worst one people have come up with.

stephanos2k on Aug 7, 2013 | | [–]

hm ... Goer, Golanger ... damn

numo16 on Aug 7, 2013 | | | [–]

Gopher

AdrianRossouw on Aug 7, 2013 | | [–]

i preferred pythonista.

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