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Russia's New Official Holiday — Programmer's Day

Posted by Soulskill on from the feel-free-to-take-sunday-off dept.

Glyn Moody writes "Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, has decreed a new holiday for his country: Programmer's Day. Appropriately enough, it will be celebrated on the 256th day of the year: September 13th (September 12th for a leap year). Do programmers deserve their own holiday ahead of other professions? Should the rest of the world follow suit?"

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  1. Re:In honor of Programmer's Day by CRCulver · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's ironic you make that joke, since one of the first reforms the Bolsheviks made during the October Revolution was reducing the working day to 8 hours.

  2. Re:It is usually celebrated by... by Darkness404 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yeah, and we all know that Tetris didn't do anything other than create an entire new market for games and changed the face of gaming by introducing portable gaming as a real means of gaming. Without Tetris we wouldn't have the DS or PSP.

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  3. Re:At least... by sayfawa · · Score: 5, Informative

    I really wish I could laugh at your ignorance. Patriot Day started well before Obama came along.

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  4. hold your horses by slonik · · Score: 5, Informative

    In Russia a "professional holiday" is NOT a real holiday and it is NOT a day off. It is a mere sign of appreciation for a certain professional activity. You might hear nice words about your buddies on TV and Radio and you have one more reason to have some drinks that day. Most of "important" professions in Russia have their professional days -- from teachers, doctors all way to police and steel-mill workers. It is no surprise whatsoever that IT workers (aka programmers) get their professional day too.