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Programmer -> nerd -> lots of reading -> myopia.


Me -> programmer -> nerd -> lots of reading -> great eye sight.


Rub it in why don't you.


I'm just saying, we shouldn't be so quick to generalize :)


Sounds like a good HN Poll topic (does one need a certain level of points to create a poll?)


Yes, 200 points I believe.


Oh? How do you create a poll then? Is it a text submission with special formatting?


If I remember correctly, there is a link you click on to create a poll. Can't seem to dig it up at the moment though. Try searching around the site to see if you can find it.


It's obviously not universal, but I doubt that the stereotype of glasses-wearing nerd is pure coincidence either.




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