---
title: "Real Geeks"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/3/18/real-geeks.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/3/18/real-geeks.html"
published: "2004-03-18T15:45:00"
updated: "2004-03-18T15:45:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "I love how Matt Warren describes the hunger for code. I feel it too. But I could never write it out as good as he just did . Still, Here;s a very cool comment on that post that I had to post: Denise Reis Oh yes, I knew…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Real Geeks

By Roy Osherove March 18, 2004 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published March 18, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

I love how Matt Warren describes the hunger for code. I feel it too. But I could never write it out [as good as he just did](http://weblogs.asp.net/mattwar/archive/2004/03/18/91749.aspx). Still, Here;s a very cool comment on that post that I had to post:

_Denise Reis_

_Oh yes, I knew this already! I pray for the day my husband comes up from the cold, dark, stinky basement and asks for a beer and plops down in front of the TV to watch the Packers play. Heck I'd settle for a white wine spritzer and figure skating at this point! I sit with a smile on my face nodding as I listen to him excitedly rant about .Net and how he got a (whatever you call it) down to .003 seconds from its previous 3.8! I hug him and tell him I'm proud of him and he can do anything because I know that one day, that idea that's clawing and chewing its way out of his brain will make it out! Yep, I love that coder of mine!_

Heh. The situation is very familiar :)

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## About the author

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