Behind The Fat or The Skinny Programmer

What do you picture when you think of a programmer? Let me guess! You are thinking either a very skinny slouching dork with a pair of glasses on the top of his eyes or a fat nerd who is spoiled with not calibrated amount of chocolate consumption. I am desperate enough to tell you that you guessed right but, I am also confident to say that may not be the case every time.

Before going to explain the reasons for those weird physiques of most programmers, I’m going to clean the stereotypical definition towards developers. Have you ever heard about the so called brogrammers? No, you have not. Why did I conclude that way? Because, even Microsoft Word is trying to tell me that I might have had a typo while writing that term.

There are these developers around which go by the name brogrammers. What made them called that way? They are the coolest guys in the tech world. Why? They do a bunch of pushups and pull ups and got themselves in a good shape. You may think that they are more of body builders or something like that. They are more attractive like the lawyers or bankers.

Now, why is that the rest are not like the brogrammers? Mainly, it is because they don’t usually move. They sit around and code for like eight hours and don’t even have a consistent time to feed themselves with the carbohydrate they need. This in turn gives them, much or less weight and moreover they do not sleep well because of the job they have. They take a lot of caffeine and this may have also an impact for this kind of physical being (I don’t know if it is scientifically right or not).

So, how can a developer become a healthy person with a good posture and shape? Taking a break from the screen and walking down the street or cycling may help. Some resistance exercises can make anyone fit and good looking too. Having a good sleep (at least for continuous eight hours per day) and cutting much amount of caffeine and junk foods would have a great benefit too.