Programming culture

[vargtimmen.livejournal.com]

There was a post a long while back about Russian programmers keeping a figurine on their desk for good luck (it had something to do with a pun). What kind of figurine was it? And do Russian programmers have any other amusing culture?

Comments

[tsostik.livejournal.com]

Being a russian programmer, I've never heard about such tradition -)
Really, I don't think, there is any special culture, other than "common russian " or "common programmer"

[funbit.livejournal.com]

Agree with the above post,
I'm also a russian coder, but haven't heard about that tradition.

Where did you find it ?

[msk01.livejournal.com]

+1

[oryx_and_crake]

+1
Never heard of anything like that.

[wiwi.livejournal.com]

I'm also a russian programmer, but haven't heard about that tradition.

[ashalynd.livejournal.com]

+1

Many of my Dutch, English and other colleagues though do have various figurines glued at the perimeter of their monitors. I think it is a matter of personal choice. I never did anything like this myself yet.

[vargtimmen.livejournal.com]

I don't remember, it was like a raccoon or beaver or something silly, because the word for the animal name sounded like something else (like "no bugs" or "save before compiling")

[vargtimmen.livejournal.com]

It was a comment in someone's post, in this community.

[cheetr.livejournal.com]

It looks to me like it was something particular to that person.