Somewhat tangentially related, but it's been bugging me for a while -- is every brogrammer in America really this ridiculously attractive, or are hackers using model "stunt doubles"? One wouldn't expect GitHub to be full of gorgeous male models who happen to sit in perfect coffee shop lighting while laughing in an almost robotic perfection, but here we are!
(The stock photos on the site made me think of it, haha.)
I'm curious if the Carlos mentioned in the More Info page (www.blacktie.co/info/) is the same Carlos mentioned in the bio of the Small theme. If so, I think we've discovered the bald, beer drinking designer behind the stock photo model.
There are sub genres of the beautiful headshot as well. In the open GIS world, the trend is towards beautiful people hanging out on the side of a mountain. Although there are notable exceptions (my not-so-notable self included) most of these people seem to be from Colorado or Sweden.
Has anyone else noticed sub-themes within github headshots or is gis an anomaly?
> Maybe people just put time into their appearance?
Impossible.
> It's amazing how far a good diet, good sleep, exercise, and some grooming can do.
It's a slippery slope, though. You start with that crap and, before you know it, you're doing flat-out irrational things like getting dressed and brushing your teeth. I shudder at the thought!
Hey, i put time into my appearance , i don't wanna sound out of the blue or get into stereotypes but maybe is because i am gay, don't know. Really, i have seem in so many conference attractive programmers like the ones in the photos.
There are attractive (develoepers|journalists|best buy employees), and there are unattractive (develoepers|journalists|best buy employees).
I think it's mostly sterotypes and confirmation bias. The ugly people are less liekly to post photos of themselves online, so you only ever notice the attractive ones.
Ahhhh.. Jolt Cola.. them were the days (until I was eating museli and 1/4 of a tooth came off :) heh. Good times. I've not seen Jolt in years - used to drink it in Ireland but haven't seen it in NZ.
(The stock photos on the site made me think of it, haha.)