May 30, 2006
Fight Club for Techies
The first rule of Techy Fight Club is - you do not talk about Techy Fight Club.
The second rule of Techy Fight Club is - you DO NOT talk about Techy Fight Club.
Third rule of Techy Fight Club, someone yells F1, the programming is over.
Fourth rule, only (binary) 10 techies to a program.
Fifth rule, one program at a time, coders.
Sixth rule, no shirt, no shoes.
Seventh rule, coding will go on as long as they have to.
And the eighth and final rule, if this is your first night at Techy Fight Club, you have to code.
Now these are not the actual rules of fight club for techies, but it is still funny.
MENLO PARK, California - They may sport love handles and Ivy League degrees, but every two weeks, some Silicon Valley techies turn into vicious street brawlers in a real-life, underground fight club.
The closest I ever got to this type of fighting was when I played hockey in High School and we would Locker Box with Gloves and Helmets and just punch each other in the head. It wasnt very smart, but it was fun at the time. However, we wouldn’t suffer broken ribs or arms like these guys are.

