code grinder n.
1. A suit-wearing minion of the
sort hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies to
implement payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable
horrors. In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes
the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of
button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire
stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie
loosened about half an inch. It seldom helps. The code grinder's milieu is about as far
from hackerdom as one can get and still touch a computer; the
term connotes pity. See Real
World, suit. 2. Used of or to
a hacker, a really serious slur on the person's creative ability;
connotes a design style characterized by primitive technique,
rule-boundedness, brute
force, and utter lack of imagination. Compare card walloper; contrast hacker, Real
Programmer.
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code monkey n
1. A person only capable of grinding out code, but unable to
perform the higher-primate tasks of software architecture,
analysis, and design. Mildly insulting. Often applied to the most
junior people on a programming team. 2. Anyone who writes code
for a living; a programmer. 3. A self-deprecating way of denying
responsibility for a management
decision, or of complaining about having to live with such
decisions. As in "Don't ask me why we need to write a compiler
in+COBOL, I'm just a code monkey."
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Code of the Geeks n.
see geek code.