> It’s fucked up that being interested in this random programming language, not even for the reasons the fangirls love it
I'd argue that the real signaling here is the op showed genuine curiosity. This is hard to fake, and the "fangirls" in this example could be people pretending to like Clojure because that's the hip language/framework of the day.
I'd argue that the real signaling here is the op showed genuine curiosity. This is hard to fake, and the "fangirls" in this example could be people pretending to like Clojure because that's the hip language/framework of the day.
Maybe people respect you more for being genuine.