Hackers vs Soydevs

Characteristic Good Programmer Soydev
Math Skills Deep knowledge of math "I don't need it", "There's a library for that", memorized math interview questions
Computer Knowledge All-level, big-picture knowledge of principles Knowledge of trivia ("This checkbox in this framework has to be unchecked.")
Specialization Generalist Hyperspecialized, knows one language/framework
Programming Languages C, Assembly, FORTRAN, Forth, Lisp, Common Lisp Python, JavaScript, Rust, Java, C#, C++2045, ...
Mostly Does Thinking about algorithms and data structures Typing glue code for different libraries, maintains systems, talks to people
Political Opinions Politically incorrect hippie anarcho pacifist Liberal capitalist feminist pro-black-lesbian LGBT fascist anti-Nazi
Hardware 640x480 1990s laptop, no mouse 2023 touchscreen 1080K Macbook with stickers, wireless $1000 AI gaming mouse
Memorized Knowledge 10,000 digits of pi 10,000 genders plus offensive words he mustn't say
Text Editor Vim, ed, ... Microsoft AI blockchain VSCode with 10,000 plugins running in 10,000 virtual sandboxes
Looks Fat, unwashed, unkept beard, dirty clothes Pink hair, fake glasses, $1000 T-shirt "sudo make sandwich HAHA BAZINGA", 10,000 tattoos
Gender Male Depends on mood
Race White Prefers not to specify, offended by the question
Hobbies Reading encyclopedias, chess, rocket science Distrohopping, browserhopping, githopping, editorhopping, TikTok, partying