Proof That More Women Need To Get Into Development

Look, if Chumpy is seriously one of the "15 Developer/Hacker Women to Follow on Twitter", we need more women to get involved. How the H-E-Double-Hockey Sticks can this list have awesome women on it like Leah Culver, Marissa Mayer, and Gina Trapani and then in the same breath include our (least) favorite "pink haired little Google"?

That is like compiling a list of the 15 greatest baseball players of all time and having Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and me - fresh from a few years of varsity baseball in the MidWest and decidedly craptastic.

Shame on you, Mashable. You should have just said "Top 14..." and left it at that with a disclaimer that more awesome women need to get involved.

White Chipps and Gang Signs

Gggg Gang Signs..

This...


Made me think of this.



I'm really embarrassed for all white people right now.

SJC as the Model for Computer Engineer Barbie?

So, the nerd community went online in force to vote for Barbie's next career and they were successful in making her a Computer Engineer. Little known fact, though, is that the model for the doll was our very own SJC.

There was generally one problem, though, and that was that the Barbie actually has a higher IQ than Chippsy. When asked for an explanation, an employee of Mattel claimed that they couldn't put any less brain cells in the Barbie Doll or else her head would cave in. I think that is a strong testament to the thickness of SJC's skull. Kudos to your Neanderthal bloodline, Chippsy!





Ed Note: I am very pleased that Barbie was selected to be a Computer Engineer and voted for that selection several times. I am very fond of women and do not discriminate against them in any way. It is because of that high regard for "women" that I don't even like to include Ms Chumps in that group.

No, Thank YOU, Chumpy

Only Sara Chumpps would be this egotistical. Yes, darling, everything is about you. In a recent post on her blog, Chumpy forgot her deodorant and figured that Yahoo! was thinking of her when they packed gender neutral deodorant. Oh. Mah. Gawd.



This is a classic case of someone finding what they are looking for. Our heroine constantly just thinks that the whole world revolves around her, so why not Yahoo!, too? Isn't it far more likely, Princess, that buying a ton of generic deodorant was just cheaper than buying some gender specific scent?

I found this picture on the internet... I don't think that it is 'shopped, but instead shows her head actual size in relation to her body. This about says it all...

Mindless Vapid Princess?

Okay, seriously. The joke is up. Can we please let Alan Funt come on out and tell us that we are on Candid Camera? Please explain to me how SJC gets to be an MVP? I know this process is usually wrapped in secrecy, but I think just this once we deserve an explanation.

It can't be for knowledge. I mean, she is an ASP.Net MVP now and just a year ago, she was asking what the worker process for ASP.Net is in IIS 7? What has she done, write a few articles for Datamation (who the h-e-double-hockey-sticks reads THAT... I've never heard of it before she started pimping her articles), write her blog, speak a few places a few times, and organize an extremely damp camping trip? I just do NOT get it.

One bonus, I guess. She is now going to be "rocking a tiara in public". It better be a gigantic tiara, cuz this chick's head is now going to be so big, she'll have to step into her shirts. I can't believe that people are just reinforcing her behavior. She's got Donald Trump-level self-promotion while rocking a signal-to-noise ratio of about .00000000000000001. The only thing positive she ever did for the community is apparently introducing Jon Skeet to StackOverflow.com through her blog.

I am calling for a recount of the votes. I mean, who nominated her? Who decided she was worthy? How much weight was put on the color of her hair? I mean, I can't believe anyone who has seen the train wreck that is Girl Developer the News (notable quotes: "ummmm", "uhhh", "like..") would name her a valuable anything.

I'm calling shenanigans.

Thanks For Your Permission

It seems that Ms Sara Chumps is more than a little full of herself. Rob Conery asked on Twitter if it was okay to like the Black Eyed Peas as much as he does... that he hated liking Top 40.

But SJC responded that they are "the McDonalds of fast food pop, if you accept that it's ok to like them." Well, thanks Sara. Do you know why poor Mr. Conery even feels like he has to ask? Because of music snobs like you who classify music as the "McDonalds of fast food pop". While that may have *sound bite* written all over it, it makes absolutely no sense.

If you had advanced it a layer and called them fast food rap, maybe we could have been closer, but you want to lump them in with the Jesse McCartney's of the world and just call them "pop" when their infectious dance grooves and catchy lyrics are moving the nation to one beat? But even there, I don't want to offend Jesse McCartney fans or Miley Cyrus fans, or whoever's fans (except country... seriously that crap sucks).

Music is music. You aren't smarter than the rest of us if you like some crappy band that no one has ever heard of. How does it make you less of a person if you like something "major label" or "top 40"? I know from your Tweets that you like a variety of music, but as soon as you have a chance to have some sort of backbone, you sound like pre-pubescent boy who found his dad's Pixies records and now feels like he can mete out musical judgment on the masses.

Look, Rob. Chumps won't say it, but I will. Enjoy the Peas. Love Fergie in her butterfaced glory. Enjoy Will.i.am and his over periodinated name. Love the other two even though you don't know their names. I'm not going to judge you.

The Coding Ballerina

Look. Awesome developers want to be ninjas. Less awesome developers like to pretend to be pirates. But what does Sara J Chumps want? To be a Code Ballerina. Seriously? Well, listen to her rationale, "Dynamic, perfectly composed, and beautiful. Just like our code."

Peep it. No one makes websites like Real Ultimate Power for ballerinas. There is no Facebook app called Pirates vs Ninjas vs Ballerinas. Ballerinas were not used by the common folk in feudal Japan to strike back against the tyranny of "the man" and their armies. It is not even like there weren't female ninjas:



Okay, okay. I kid. Seriously, there were female ninjas. They were called Kunoichi. And you know what? They were awesome.

Listen. Think about this. If faced with a problem (programming or life), what would you rather do? Dance around it, or get in there and knock it out and maybe kill it with poison darts or shuriken or even your bare hands?

Is it this:

or this:

I think the case is closed.