code grinder

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code grinder - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  code grinder
  
     <jargon, abuse> A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in
     legion strength by banks and insurance companies in the Real World
      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.
  
     Used of or to a hacker, this term is a really serious slur
     on the person's creative ability; it connotes a design style
     characterised by primitive technique, rule-boundedness, brute force
      and utter lack of imagination.
  
     Compare card walloper.  Contrast real programmer.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-11-11)
  

code grinder - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.
  
     Contrast hacker, Real Programmer.