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Discussion on: [Off Topic] Should a developer marry another developer? What are the chances?

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Kasey Speakman • Edited

On the one hand, I think it would be nice to be able to talk about interesting dev topics / experiences. But on the other hand, what if you disagree about fundamentals like tabs vs spaces? 🔥🔥🔥

It could also be really disappointing when one of you is super interested in dev and the other just does it for a job and isn't really interested in talking about it outside of work. In this case, it may not be much different from marrying a non-dev.

Then what if you are both focused devs and you start to become competitive with one another. I guess some people thrive on that, too.

At the end of the day, like any other marriage, it depends on two people willing to stick together and work things out.

Edit: I don't mean to imply that dev-to-dev marriages are destined for trouble. The ideal scenario is that it works out just right, and you have a deeper level of sharing with them than you would otherwise. But the above is just to point out that marrying a dev doesn't guarantee that.

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David J Eddy

If the other person prefers tabs, run away, fast. ;)

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Ted Hagos

Would it matter if the other prefers 2, 4 or 8 spaces for indents; or K & R style curly braces :)