Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ike Naar Newsgroups: comp.programming Subject: Re: [BBC] Programmers who use spaces 'paid more' Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:28:14 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <_9B1B.213777$gM7.90022@fx44.am4> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:28:14 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="8f3ce23c8eb473d50dda086a19100151"; logging-data="11898"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18xfyzoRgMNqbvqH01NrETK" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (NetBSD) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KxiUx9xu7BxuYKYHTIeYR7srOMo= Xref: csiph.com comp.programming:7851 On 2017-06-19, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: > "J. Clarke" writes: > >> In article <_9B1B.213777$gM7.90022@fx44.am4>, per.s.sandberg@bahnhof.se >> says... >>> >>> This makes perfect sense ! >>> >>> But this is the same class of statistics that tells you that milk is >>> causing accidents since the number of children in injured in car >>> accidents in an area is direct proportional to the consumption of milk >>> in the same area. >> >> OK, so tell us what is the third factor that results in programmers who use >> spaces being paid more than programmers who use tabs. > > IQ > > Higher IQ makes you use spaces instead of tabs. > Higher IQ also makes you get paid more. If it has anything to do with IQ, it probably works the other way around. Programmers are grossly overpaid (by their employer). The lower the IQ of the employer, the more the programmer gets overpaid. Apparently, employers who employ tab-bangers are smarter than employers who employ space-bangers.